Selected Haiku

selections from my submissions on http://thehaikuyear.blogspot.com

afterglow.

huge wads of cash spent!
it's consumer orgasmic!
what a load off, huh?

 

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when there is no right
action, doing nothing is
the easiest wrong.

 

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DM thinks we watch
movies and smoke. "we had a
dance party last week."

 

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crazy frenchman with
vanilla ice hair asks, can
i "see" his accent.

 

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to make it in life:
be honest, love, and never
believe your own press.

 

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how to beat the terr'ists

maybe, if we give
away all our freedom, they
won't hate us for it.

 

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when you believe that
dead soldiers go to heaven
any war is just.

 

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you're here and I am
here. sitting in a sunken chair
jealous of your sleep.

 

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the muppet movie
is under your gift that i'm
sure you will enjoy

 

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"I told you, I'm Vietnamese!"

hung calls me cracka'.
it's fine, but early morning,
"not now, chinaman."

 

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The escort's number
is local. I call and try
to explain Jesus.

 

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all my exes are
all exactly the same;
save size, shape, texture

 

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you live twice as long
keeping your heart in your head,
but just half as much.

 

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what's a four year old
going to do with an alarm clock?
even in gifts, I'm awkward.

 

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if i knew then what
i know now, i would not be
any better off than this.