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Curmudgeon's Haiku

(or, OK Demographer!)

By Mark FrancisPublished 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
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insomnia lifts

its petty bureaucrat head

insists on details

this simple life in

suspended animation:

breathe eat sit repeat

those say, pale stale guys

all have got it so swell? ‘scalled

luck of the Irish

oughtta burn them out

what remaining years, yearnings

oughtta go for– broke

Haiku

About the Creator

Mark Francis

Published translator of verse and original writer of haiku, senryu, lyric, occasional and genre poetry and speculative fiction.

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  • Badhan Senabout a year ago

    Brilliant & Mind Blowing Your Poet❤️ Please Read My Stories and Subscribe Me

  • ReadShakurr2 years ago

    So creative

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