In The Satin Mood

What was the point in satin and lace if it didn't make a man struggle to speak? Alexandra Ivy

Haiku/Senryü/Zappai: Holy Trinity

Haiku Laundered sheets of iceSoft with pristine innocenceTortured by the sun A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression. Senryü Freshly laundered sheetsSoft with pristine innocencetortured by our acts Senryū (川柳, literally …

City in the Sky

Senryü:are you not entertained? high above the cloudsneed inflight entertainmentlook out the window A nightSeatedIn limboTouching heavenAnd by and byArrive aliveFlyingRed eyed What the Flying F#ck: Police arrested a woman and a daughter when they tried to smuggle the woman’s dead husband in a wheelchair onto a plane. They had covered his eyes with sunglasses …

Up, Down & Round

Mouse's Motivational Musings: You don't have to get it up for long if you do it in a way it's never been done before. Flying Facts: Wilbur and Orville Wright’s first venture into the skies in 1903 traveled only about 125 feet.(I've been in longer lines going through customs) Round windowsAir and seaAre a standard …

The Constrained Clown

The Eight Clown Commandments. 7. I will appear in as many clown shows as I possibly can. Senryü:circustic I'm in one right nowlife is a great big clown showno comic relief Commitment to the commandmentsDuty bound and baredThe rules and restrictions have left meFeeling freedom impaired Major issue with clown carpool:The car broke downNowThirty seven …