Regarding Age & Appearance

Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.

Vladimir Nabokov

Naani: the reflective surface

I look at my mirror
and think
   I need a new mirror
   This one is getting old

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Child’s worldly questions:

Germany,
Is that where germs come from?

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My command of the English language
is like that of a child.
  By which I mean,
   I command it,
    and it acts like an insolent three year old.
   

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Dadku: a cheesy dad joke

Man in the cheese aisle
He starts talking to himself
He says Halloumi

A dadku is my own creation. A dad joke in the traditional 575 haiku format.

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6 random words:
I read the news and go home to my mansion

This just in, I don’t care.

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March
to the beat of your own drum,
Even
  if it makes a horrific sound.
  That
   will guarantee nobody listens or follows

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Another thing lost
Doubt was growing
She eyed me and said
“Your senility is showing“

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Weekly Theme:
Unfinished Work

I’ve rummaged through previously unfinished work with fresh eyes in an attempt to clear the clutter.

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