Once upon a time I thought I thought global.
I thought it was the only way to go.
But lately I feel the flat earthers have won

Or
Taking what life throws at me one pitch at a time
roving gangs of geese
murder chickens by the pond
crime wave gone a fowl
cooled air roller rink
outside humid August night
cold tempest hot storm
all bets have been placed
good or graft on the table
time to show our hand
All ready to reap
Stinky havoc he'll now wreak
As his reek wafts through
Phrazez that Payzez:
Pinned on the fangs of a cottonmouth.
Buckled like a horseshoe belt.
Turn my gallows walk
Into a pleasant stroll
Remembering things
I didn't notice at the time
One of my only regrets
I think

So many things hurt
I stopped dealing with the pain
Learned to be the pain
presenting my new
improved Spud Deluxe spring sky
potato launcher
From mercurial
To mundane maliciousness
A rogues gallery
Narcissistic Neo Con
Nepo Babies on parade

Pressed into service
New recruitment quota met
They sail at sunrise
Misspell things often
Life's too short to sweat spelling
That's my kind of spell
Only takes a peek
No vigil necessary
To see the abyss
Looming up before us all
Executive malfeasance
South Carolina
Militia invades DC
Fort Sumter Redux?

Memory's embrace
Woe to the misbegotten
Moments to forget
Nature's alchemy
Transforms a once chill plump plum
To a wrinkly prune
Today's talking points:
Semi bionic A.I.
buffoonish retorts

Again found lacking
In all clutch situations
Sir Submission kneels
bad seed germinates
abject moral turpitude
freedom's slow decay

You want a dollar?
Pull down your pants and holler
Internet content
From political cosplay
To shoveled opinion smut
It's a fare for all
Not fair for anybody
Kind of worldwide dare
Pummel my Brummell
Regency era fashion
sense at the rumble
peas porridge hot was
peas porridge cold rain snow in
a pot nine days old

she would kite a check
with glee then flee leaving me
there holding the bag
Republican ploy
Prehensile pickpocketing
Bribes so they can flee
Candidates practice
Prehensile pickpocketing
To buy elections
melancholia
of departure is the fuel
for my need to flee
No flighty Pixie
More a variety of
bone crush Brunhilde

Déjà all over again
Risk versus rewards
Calculation
Irrational exuberance
Unreasonable expectations
Inflate
A bubble to bursting
Resounding pop resulting
Repercussions
Echoes in a regulatory void
Clipping aspirational wings
Again
Where there is confusion
There's money to be made
For sum
Little risk of a
spontaneous incursion
in this haiku form
so I made it a tanka
To fit verbose verbiage
a flurry of wings
flapping with blood soaked fury
bringing home the wreaths
