The second instalment of Boring Haiku…
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Terrance Porter slipped
ever so slightly today,
but he was OK.
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“Cheese for just one pound!”
“Sorry? You’re selling off cheese?”
“For just one pound, yeah.”
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Brown sauce, mayonnaise,
mustard, tartar and ketchup
are good condiments.
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“Have you seen my coat?”
“The grey one or the beige one?”
“No, the yellow one.”
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I found thirteen pips
in my orange yesterday.
Thirteen pips. Thirteen!
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You can fold paper
length ways, width ways and also
diagonally.
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The woman stood still.
Her bus was so, so, so late.
The woman stood still.
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Jean was rather bored.
Her television was off.
She pulled the curtains.
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Bob’s umbrella broke.
The public bin was full up.
He took it back home.
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“Use the recipe.”
“I will use it, don’t worry.”
“Sorry. I panicked.”
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“That’s peculiar.”
“What’s peculiar, Fanny?”
“I’ve no treacle left.”
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The tree’s leaves fell off.
They slowly grew back again.
And then they fell off.
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Clive cleaned his molars,
then his premolars, canines
and his incisors.
© Carl Burkitt 2013
For more excitement, check out the first instalment of Boring Haiku.
