No way my love you were asleep during that garbage truck catechism at three AM, counting the rosary of bins hitting the pavement, bags tossed long and high Hail Mary after Hail Mary, charming the rats with plague and kielbasa and wine and stale bread, Eucharist and crumbs of the True Cross, your delirium shouting hosannas in dialect of jesusfuckingchrist, your Passion erotic, skin electric and making a folly of sleep, OK, hey yeah, French kissing and hallucinating we are still those two kids in the apartment on 11th and College, hyenas braying all night from a frat party down the block, or is it now, in this moment, only a random dog out by the river barking the icicles off boats in the boatyard, nothing lazier than my lying here waiting for fruit to fall from sleep’s orchard, phantom apples and pears the playthings of dreams and seasons, I rise and shamble the waterfront.
Sleep loss vagabond –
Stalking trash cans until dawn
A wolf counting sheep
For Shay’s Word Garden and TSM
qbit 
…excuse me waiter, I will have what he is having…two deliriums, three hallucinations, and one French kiss please….LOL
As always your words hit and sway perfectly Qbit! The last line of your haibun is sheer brilliance!
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LOL!!! Thanks!!
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Oh no you didn’t. A haibun? Remind me to push you into traffic. However, setting that aside for now, I do like this. It is very cleverly done, and somehow manages to stay essentially cohesive despite the task you set yourself of using all the List words in sequence. I think our friend Philp would love this, were he not held hostage in some employment hellscape. Now, please stand at the curb, no, right up at the edge of it, yes, like that, now stay right there while I get a nice running start, haibun enthusiast….
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Ahahaha! I DID! I violated The Prime Directive. I submit to my punishment. I knew the price I was going to pay.
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Shame on Shaw …. you ended with a senryu. LOL
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Shay/Shaw/Pshaw.
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LOL
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Stalking trash cans until dawn
A wolf counting sheep
The homeless can hit big time sifting through the rubbish. They were known to get unopened envelopes of cool hard cash. A good living for those who can endure the muck! Great narration qbit!
Hank
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Thanks Hank!
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This was a glorious read. I love that you riffed off the list words in order. That is rather brilliant.
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I got lucky somehow and it all hung together.
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That is my reaction too, qbit – I agree with Sherry! This feels like you could rap it – or present it as spoke word… it’s just awesome.
❤
David
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Those were the days, my Friend
We thought they’d never end
“Trash cans” indeed, that was about right, been there done that.
Fun reading, Q.
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So clever! And a great read. It really rolls along. And a great haiku to round it all off. Awesome!
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Thank you!!
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I love this haibun. Is there a rule against them for Shay’s word list?
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Ahahaha, the rule is you can write a Haiku or a Haibun or such as long as it’s a good one.
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The consequence of which is roadkill. Eek. 😂
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Yep.
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Enjoyed the read, but absolutely loved the senryū… 🙂
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Thank you!!!
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A great read the first time and better still the second!
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Thank you!!!
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I also read your poem multiple times .. (most deserving) .. reads like a rhythmic circle of life.
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Thank you so much!!
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“shamble the waterfront” – great phrase!
Love the haiku!
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Love the dream sequence nature of this, qbit, and the urban jungle you depict here so keenly. Love the title too! Great pun, so fitting.
I laughed out loud at yours and Shay’s exchange over the fact that you did a haibun! I’m so glad I’m not crazy about haibuns! 😀 😀
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LOL!
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