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Thursday, June 23, 2011

SENRYU STEW # 6: Adventures With Gypsy






















early morning walk--
Gypsy sniffs
the latest Pmail







Gypsy perks up
when other pooches woof at her--
attention hound






strolling past the bank
with Gypsy--
she makes a deposit




Sunday, June 12, 2011

THE SUMMER FLIES




















The summer flies are banging
against my front screen door again
how insistent they are
on gaining their freedom


I just get settled on the sofa
and I hear them slamming
against the metal again

I rise to crack open the door
and allow another bunch to escape

How accommodating I've become
in my involuntary and ever growing
awareness of fleeting time


Go...GO I say
and be flies
go and eat poop
and whatever you can snatch
from someone's bistro cafe sandwich
go and be a scourge upon the populace
annoying and pissing off one and all
with your kamikaze fly bys
the world is your cat box
so feast your omniscient eyes upon it
and take it all in

It's all over in a few weeks
you know

MY
how
the
summer
flies

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

And now...the heroic adventures of...CACTUS MAN! (he's one PRICKLY dude! )



















We join Cactus Man at the local supermarket, where a relatively new trend is developing. Drugstores, markets, and the like are acting as collection points for various charities, and it is now commonplace for cashiers--at the behest of management-- to ask customers in the check out line if they would "like" (no pressure, of course) to donate money to the specific charity du jour. We'll conveniently add it to your bill.



CASHIER: Good morning sir, did you find everything okay?

C.M. Everything but my rear end...I seem to be losing it everyday in this economy.

CASHIER: (Oblivious, and ready to launch into her spiel): Oh, and would you like to donate a dollar to the Sisters of Perpetual Glum and Sorrow?

C.M.: Hmmm...you're the supermarket chain that touts "low prices everyday," are you not? And yet, I noticed that those rutabagas I bought are now a DOLLAR more per pound than they were last week...and most of your other prices have been steadily rising as well.

CASHIER: Well... ah...er...I only work here...

C.M. : (Raising his voice for nearby customers to hear) Last week I could have afforded to kick in that extra buck, but like most people these days, I'm on a budget. So who do you think is ultimately responsible for the Sisters of Perpetual Glum and Sorrow not getting that extra dollar in their pocket...ME? Or could it be...CORPORATE GREED???

CASHIER: Uhh...(hack...splutter...cough...choke...burp)... er...so did you find everything okay, sir?

C. M.: I'll find my way out the door is what I'll do--and likely never come back!

CASHIER: (brightly) Okay...next?


STAY TUNED FOR THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF...CAAACTUUS MAAAAAANN...he's one PRICKLY dude!










Friday, June 3, 2011

SENRYU STEW # 5: Supermarket Blues


















my supermarket

boasts low prices everyday--

consumer fraud





spaces in the parking lot

already occupied---

shopping carts





emerging from the aisle

with my cart piled high...

T-boned