Rustling tumbleweed
Skitters down deserted streets.
Blog with no comments.
Things sure have been mighty quiet around here lately. As Tom Waits' lonely Minneapolis prostitute put it, "Everyone I used to know is either dead or in prison." In my case, everyone who used to comment is either ill or on holiday.
Tulsa, the stalwart of my commenters, is away for the whole month. Last time she went walkabout, her friend HiK deputised admirably - but it seems she's now too busy to do so again. OMG is just back from Thailand, but still reeling from the jetlag. Moonrat's snowed under at work, and about to depart on a holiday. The Mothman - where is he? Probably too busy with his hobby of becoming a Bulgarian property tycoon. And my old Oxford drinking chum, The Bookseller, can rarely be goaded into a comment - preferring to be a perpetual 'lurker'. (I hope he is at least still 'lurking'. The last time we had an extended spell of being out of touch, he eventually reported in: "Sorry. June was a bad month. Broke car, arm, and computer. All in separate incidents." Ah, that's why I love him.....)
Cowboy, Snopes, where are you??
Mighty, mighty quiet.
32 comments:
Pissing match in case
Opposing counsel are tools
Cowboy catches flack
Made me laugh a lot.
International taxation bollocks
Mothman needs good lawyer
Readers take power,
Creating a comment-thread
For haiku only.
Haikus are easy;
At least, supposing you can
Count to seventeen.
Did not know the rules
Am now re-educated
Still need tax lawyer ;-)
I am here I say
Just taking greater pauses
Tulsa Tumbleweeds
Pogues on Sunday night
McGowan drunk as ever
Froog a jealous man
Aha! Pogues surfaced.
Darn it. Missed 'em by two weeks.
Caught Houston's Rodeo.
Coming to D.C.?
Drinks may need to be consumed.
Froog has my email.
Already Came and Went.
Seems you have real dirt on F.
Email well-guarded.
Or, maybe, you ARE
Taller, Handsomer, and more??
Who is guarding who?
A Beijing visit
might resolve this mystery.
When will you grace us?
Much dirt on Froog here
Shorter but much more handsome
Corrects who to whom
Beijing trip on list
New house sucking up money
Car near collapse too
Remember Star Trek:
Matter and anti-matter
Are best kept apart.
My apologies.
Itinerary not known.
E-mail list for sale!
No secrets to dish.
My past is an open book.
My future is dark.
Froog's soul is spotless.
The dirt in China requires
Frequent moral baths.
Cowboy reveres beer;
Tulsa's into Bollywood;
Little in common!
Mismatched pair indeed.
Disney's Beast charms the Beauty.
Real life different.
Getting warmed up now.
Could go on and on and on.
Enough haikus! - Ed.
F**k me that was long!
Point of Haiku brevity...
Who is this 'Ed' guy?
Pain wracks old body
Muscles tighter than gnat's chuff
Moving house sucks fierce.
I am with Mothman.
Pained muscles here too. Horse Ranch!
This place is heaven.
Beer and barbecue;
Lawyers jive to Johnny Cash:
Cowboy's housewarming.
Party of the year,
Pretext for overdue trip.
Will Froog get invite?
Confusion! Dismay!
Tulsa's "with" Mothman? Some things
Should never be said.
Party May or June
Fewer lawyers, more locals
Plenty of ribs though
Who is Ed - she says.
Indeed, who is this Mothman?
Tulsa likes ribs, too.
Froog predicts The End.
Tulsa is less paranoid.
Net Nanny Desist!
Cowboy's ribs kick ass
Secret ingredient coke
Whoops! Not secret now.
'Ed.' is Editor.
An old joke from Private Eye.
Being English again!
Mothman collects moths.
Many other collections...
Cannot be named.
dutars, guitars, drums
runaway to the circus
stay young forever!
...
Friday here again.
We wait for Ed.'s famed haiku.
Who's the Muse tonight?
Like Froog needs to ask
Invitation always there
Futon stands ready
Twenty five comments!
Is this some sort of record?
What is a 'Dutar'?
No record as yet;
Promising, but no cigar.
'Band names' has 80.
You don't know 'dutar'?
Musical instrument
Of Central Asia.
Blonde Brit, boyish face,
Uighur tongue and gypsy friends,
My first Real night out!
...
Infatuation?
Never! Just fascination.
He plays the guitar.
...
D-jaan hardly knows
what inspiration he gives.
More haikus flow forth!
...
Thankful to friend Froog
for hours of companionship.
Our next stop -- Novruz?
...
To post separate?
To compete with 'Bands' - Eighty?
Nah -- Keep it simple.
Stuck at twenty-eight?
Such a shame isn't it?
Froog Fans get moving!!!!
It ain't over yet.
Lurkers can be converted
Into commenters.
Sorry: rushed into
Haiku not knowing line rules.
Have Happy New Year.
Elizabeth, you
Picked it up very quickly.
Felicitations!
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