Matsuo Bashō
Bad Haiku
Haiku #18722
Pupils dilated
and fixed, apnoeic, pulseless.
Certified stone dead.

(progress note found in medical record of patient awaiting autopsy, converted to haiku by addition of one syllable in last line)
Haiku #18722
Posted: February 28, 2002 9:59 am ET
Poet & location: Anonymous Poet