Matsuo Bashō
Bad Haiku
Haiku #12680
i gave it chicken
and ate dinner at my desk
but it did not eat

then without warning
it convulsed inside the glass
and i watched it die

this moment visits
every creature that draws breath -
still, it was fucked up.
Haiku #12680
Posted: August 19, 2001 12:59 am ET
Poet & location: scott of haiku to a dead snake, part II