I count them in and
then I count them out; I am
an ever-present.
by Scooj
Category: 1. Haiku
Lath and plaster
Grey plaster-dust clouds
meander throughout the house;
choking atmosphere.
by Scooj
Dethroned
The smallest room yields
to the expanding kitchen;
more home improvements.
by Scooj.
Painting the ceiling
Why don’t we simply
pay for a professional
to suffer for us?
by Scooj
Split
Nation divided
by weather and politics;
flood, drought and Brexit.
by Scooj
Hail
At first a gentle
plink plink tapping the windows,
then the crescendo.
by Scooj
Dad joke
.
Last words to colleagues –
‘armageddon outta here’;
pained groans and laughter.
.
by Scooj
Context is all – the office conversation as I was packing up to leave was about the terrible and declining state of the world, of everything.
The wall
Those days can happen,
when you don’t know what to do
when you hit the wall.
by Scooj
Clowns
Beneath the costume
we are not so different
you the clown and I.
by Scooj
Late in the office
Others have gone home;
shut the door on your way out
I think to myself.
by Scooj
