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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Haiku on Original/ Drive/ New/ Saga

Original

Terra Nullius
Original landowners
Aboriginal

Original words
Spoken probably by Eve
Eat your apple first

Not original
We follow forebear’s footsteps
Step into their shoes

Drive

Sit comfortably
Check out the rear view mirror
Put the car in drive

Our primitive drives
Hidden in the unconscious
Sneaking out in dreams

Cuddling in the car
Together at the drive in
With kids in the back

New

New gene discovered
It has been there all along
Changed its expression

A new word each day
Excited parents child pride
Soon becomes 'Shut up!'

Wrote a new novel
Surprisingly novel theme
On redundancy

Saga

An old Norse saga
Vikings invade the Orkneys
Began on Thor's Day

Modern day saga
Another home invasion
By the thought police

The alarm goes off
Our daily saga begins
Brush teeth and shower

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