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— Fri, May 4, 2007 —
A Haiku For John Browne
BP's Homo Honcho Inspires Queer Poet
Lord John Browne may be feeling a little down after being outed and subsequently stepping down as British Petroleum's head honcho, but maybe a bit of homo haiku will cheer him up.
Mark from Slap Upside the Head has penned an epic of a poem in his honor. Here's but a snippet:
Don’t you find it strangeNicely done, but to just be clear: Browne didn't really quit because he's gay. He left over that whole perjury thing. But, yes, he perjured himself to save gay face over meeting a hooker in a park and then dating him for four years, so that's sort of like quitting over being gay. Only far more salacious...
one would risk resignation
over coming out?Clients shouldn’t flee
careers should not be ruined
just because you’re gay
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Here's my Haiku take on everything:
you've screwed me with gas
you're getting it up the ass
karma's a real bitch
I like Ben's haiku, not least because it is an ACTUAL haiku following the 5-7-5 syllable format. Mark's "haiku" is actually a crappy free-verse poem.
Ash, maybe I'm not counting correctly, but it looks like Mark's follows the 5-7-5 rule to me.
Uh...yeah Ash, if it helps, my teacher used a simple method for counting silly bulls, pat your palm as you sound out the words. Then have a nap. Or piss off, or drop dead, or whatever.
Spiffy! Thanks for the mention, guys!
Ash, I'm sorry to hear you thought my haikus were crappy. I'm not a poet by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoyed making them. Check out the rest of my site sometime; it's not all haikus, I promise!