Substance & Abuse

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

John Henry Newman

Abbreviated Haiku/Miku: tea break

I wait as the tea is steeped
in stress

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Lune: bloody pranks

Watermelon juice
Looks the same
As fresh chicken blood

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There is a pub in Northern Canada that serves whiskey with a frostbitten toe in the glass. The toe must “merely grace the lips” of the drinker and is not meant to be swallowed. There is a $500 fine for swallowing the toe, which has already happened about a dozen times.

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Piku: Jennifer Grey Area

Whiskey neat
and
dancefloor dirty

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Fib: rock those lines

Just
axed
Rocker
runny nose
and watering eyes
in the bathroom practising lines

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The Guinness Book of Records was originally published by Guinness Breweries as a reference for settling pub arguments.

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Dadku: fisticuffs & quips

I swear officer
Just a misunderstanding
regarding punchlines

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Senryü: blind drunk

I saw you, slipped, tripped
and never saw you again
love is truly blind

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In British pubs, Stella Artois lager now comes in “feminine” glasses to discourage young men from buying them. Its nickname amongst said men is “wife-beater.”

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Stornello: future in my pocket

I enter the scene, dynamite in pocket
My choice fuse sparked, proposal fireworks
set
Your wedding ring waits there, it is not time yet

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Weekly Theme:
Random Thoughts in Micropoetry Form

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