An Afternoon of Haikus:
Poems Inspired by the Patrons of Suburban Chicago Newspapers

1:45 PM

Mary rents her home
for reasons I cannot guess.
She talks real slow-like.

1:48 PM

Pick up your phone, Dale!
My time equals my money!
(And make up your mind.)

2:00 PM

What price is okay?
This is Hoover's only death.
Cut costs where you can...

2:22 PM

We can do graphics.
(Nineteen-eighty-five clip art...)
Yeah, it'll look super cool.

2:39 PM

Jeanette won't take charge.
She will never be the boss.
(Got no self esteem.)

2:48 PM

Poor serious Doug;
all business, all the time.
His wife is cheating.

3:08 PM

Sorry to rush you.
Have fun golfing, you asshole.
Good luck with your sale.

3:58 PM

Such a deep voice, man;
to some it would be sexy...
sounds creepy to me.

4:49 PM

You are old as dirt,
but so polite, just the same.
What a nice ending.

03/07/2007