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Truer Love: A Haiku
In Shakespeare-esque plea
I cry out, forlorn, to thee
Forsake now my mind
To be
You on the savanna not in khaki
Bygone-era flashgun held high at high-noon
Since you know there’s more than meets the eye
A yellow hat, but not exactly
Irritatingly inhuman level of patience for them
Misplaced monkeys beside you
Under the black cloth with you now
Looking for the simple
Shakespeare’s Cup
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “S/he Said.”
She asked him to wish and he said,
“I wish that were tea. I wish that were me. I wish there were we.”
“Fool,” she smiled. “Now that’s true madness.”
“Ah, just as well then,” he remarked. “But loan me your cup?”
I bemoan and decry