Thursday, December 31, 2009

Sour Grapes


rainy geese rising
cumbersome, flustered, singing
fox slyly giggles

Haiku Bones #3: regret

Funny how even animals will apparently show disappointment with seemingly odd behaviour. They do say that laughter is an interrupted defense mechanism...

4 comments:

  1. Really nice job! I love that you've taken the animal's perspective.

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  2. Foxes are so close to dogs, if not smarter, and they do yippity yip--almost a squeak when they are thwarted. I suspect Aesop (or the ancient Sumerians) knew foxes &:3

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