The Sweat of the Brow–A Haiku Friday Trio October 27, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, Essaytch, Haiku.Tags: Haiku, jobs, layoffs, poetry, work
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Relieved at my desk,
No more swinging of the axe.
I still have a job!
Buried under clothes,
Weekend to do the laundry.
Fall cleaning is here!
Unpack my sweaters,
Pull winter coats from storage.
Hooray for the cold!
-Essaytch
Return Of A Slacker–A Haiku Friday Trio October 15, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, Essaytch, Haiku.Tags: Haiku Friday, poetry, roommates, slacker, weekends, work
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Poem in on time:
Not a slacker anymore!
Not my best work though…
Had a busy day,
Still managed to slack off some.
I feel slightly bad.
House all to myself,
Unless my roommate comes home.
Here’s hoping she won’t…
-Essaytch
Drinking Makes All Things Better — A Haiku Friday Trio October 6, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, DJ Nezz, Haiku.Tags: bad day, drinking, Haiku, poetry, work
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Day has been shitty,
More stresses than I wanted,
Thank God it’s Friday.
My boss is way cool.
“Let’s party!” She says at three,
Raiding the beer stash.
Day just got better.
Budweiser is the answer.
Drinking solves problems.
-DJ Nezz
Shaken, Not Stirred October 1, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, Essaytch.Tags: drinking, drugs, flu, fuzzy, sex, sick, stress, work
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Twirling, spinning, dizzy
in the clouds of daytime drugs.
Hazy, fuzzy, stuffed
full of cottony soft padding.
Mind slipping, heart dipping
head shimmers with the heat of cold fever.
If my body could but recover,
my mind relax from the after-effects
of this hard-hitting stress-fest…
The world would right itself again,
and the wobble would even out, straight and narrow.
But maybe with a little…twist.
-Essaytch
I’m OUTIE!–A Haiku Friday Trio September 28, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, Essaytch, Haiku.Tags: busy, travel, work
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Busy, busy, bee;
Travel for you means more work
for me; please come back!
Everyone left me,
So why wasn’t this a breeze?
Not one moment free.
Wish I could leave soon,
But I’ve still so much to do!
Leave it for Monday?
-Essaytch
Friday Blues–A Haiku Friday Trio! September 19, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, Haiku.Tags: drinking, driving, free booze, Friday, Haikus, suck!, traffic, work
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Firm-funded drinking
is the best on a Friday.
Giddy at my desk.
* * *
Driving south tonight,
Traffic is going to suck.
Why do I do this?
* * *
So much work to do.
Was running around all day.
Still not done. Dammit!
-Essaytch
3 Office Haikus August 29, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry, Haiku.Tags: beans, frequent flyer miles, hold music, office, poetry, work
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Office smells like beans
Someone’s idea of lunch
I’d rather not
*
Your hold music sucks
I’ve called you five times today
You torture me so…
*
You have no status
You’re stuck in the back my friend
Your miles aren’t worth shit
-Essaytch
They Call It A ‘Swirlie’… August 27, 2008
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…August 27th, 2008
Print
Fax
Send
Book
Reply
File
Time
Edit
Ping
Call
Laugh
Distract
Swirling
Drain
Brain
FLUSH
-Essaytch
…and went downhill from there! August 26, 2008
Posted by essaytch in Bad Poetry.Tags: boredom, poetry, work
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…August 22, 2008 (a conversation)
DJ Nezz: I’m impressed by your poetic abilities. Have you ever considered Def Jam Poetry?
Essaytch: No. I couldn’t do that! That would be terrifying….
DJ Nezz: Anytime you want to practice, I’ll beat-box for you.
Essaytch: Maybe I could write poetry. It’s just stringing together random words in a quasi-related way:
Purple Elephants and Sunbeams:
Did you ever bring those stories, Mother?
In the summers of my misspent youth…
I ran for your love and wasLost
in
space.
DJ Nezz: You know what is great about poetry….it is easy and fun to make up REALLY awful stuff.
The silver lined clouds of my depression
churn viciously on the horizon
Vague Happiness playing peek-a-boo
as my soul cries silent tears,
watering the blossoms of my longing.
