I Forgot to Write Haiku for a While

DayQuil. DayQuil. Ooh,
pleasant tingle! DayQuil's like
la la la la la.

long weekend

grammar school failed to
convey the gravity of
a missed period

A smile betrayed me
Before I could stop myself
A new commitment

They Made Me Do It

Sorry, everyone--
Google allowed just one last
look at my dashboard.

Life burns within us.
One day all will be ashes.
Didn't you know this?

A manual mashup for a modern lesson on an old, old theme

Instructions: turn on
Mogwai's "Auto Rock" - watch the
expansion of gods.

i'm really sorry
to follow nice images
with scat humor, but ---> !

Mary's 60th Birthday

Everybody came.
Yum. Flourless chocolate cake.
I must be dreaming.

Leaves filtering light
Shadow falling in fragments.
Code, rain, a film noir.

the reception variations

authenticity,
credibility collapse
under backlash snaps

drinking and starving
falling and bouncing up and
never despairing

Technically Correct

My pc instructs
this choice of words when parting:
saving your settings.

Our Summer Walk

Our summer walk
A sunlit field of flowers
I count your freckles

this would be a lot
funnier were she into
samberg, not j. t.

4 Thank You Ku

Bathroom Thank You

Thank you for leaving
your empty Tecate can
on the shower ledge.


Kitchen Thank You

Thank you for brownies
with dark edges against the
square glass pan—delish.


Basement Thank You

Thank you for always
having extra quarters so
the laundry’s bone-dry.


Bedroom Thank You

I’m sick in bed; your
friend is over but still you
made me that sandwich.

on mistakes, responsibility, etc.

principle again
trumps practicality- an
imperfect practice

snob haiku

sophisticated,
infinitesimally
accomodating

Bad Highdeas: January Edition

air ducts down below
let's spray paint in the basement
poison the tenants

Memories of Roscoe, A Very Good Dog, May He Rest in Peace

UJ said: "Roscoe
prefers small babies second
only to rump roast."

square squires sputter, spy
the children laughing, leaping
lording it loudly

record setting blues

joy made me a scarf
global warming won't let me
bask in wintry love