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Haiku № 10704

saving myself for marriage

Member since 2002 · Posted 22 Aug 2002 · Edited 22 Aug 2002 · 20 comments

teasing proud and high ripened cherry on its stem... broken starfish cry

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20 comments

[n/a] gay 22-Aug-02/1:06 PM Reply
sounds like you need a hot beef injection!
[n/a] Venus 22-Aug-02/2:36 PM Reply
as long as it's not with your bad taco meat, beef-boy.
[5] god'swife 22-Aug-02/3:00 PM Reply
improved but still needs a little more salt, or maybe some garlic. Why is your starfish broken, exactly?
[n/a] poetandknowit 22-Aug-02/3:06 PM Reply
huh. This is an odd little ditty indeed. The last line confuses me. Tell me what you are saying because the haiku does not.
[9] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-Aug-02/3:09 PM Reply
Don't tell them Venus! If they don't get that delightful allusion already, they don't deserve to understand.
[n/a] Venus 22-Aug-02/3:14 PM Reply
This should clear things up: starfish is a cute little nickname for my... no, you're right DA, they should know what we know. But god-woman-wife, didn't I explain this to you already today?
[5] god'swife 22-Aug-02/3:17 PM Reply
yes my dear, but why is it broken, I mean f**king it won't break anything.
[n/a] Venus 22-Aug-02/3:21 PM Reply
Without becoming overly literal here, I beg to differ. oops, looks like my dirty little secret's out... look what you've gone and made me do, god-woman-wife!!!
[n/a] poetandknowit 22-Aug-02/3:32 PM Reply
Okay I get it. Sorry Dark Fuck, I do not have your superior skills of interpretation of allusions to the asshole. You must bend over and stare at that thing a lot considering a good deal of your thoughts, comments, and poems involve shit and its synonyms.
[9] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-Aug-02/3:59 PM Reply
Look here, PAKI: Venus already said what the allusion was, so I clearly wasn't trying to actually prevent anyone from finding out what the allusion was to. I was merely trying some role play of a jealous child who knows something and doesn't want anyone else to know. That's because I find that sort of child incredibly amusing. Perhaps you were playing the role of a feckless, generic-beratement-generating dumbfuck! If so, good job!!
[n/a] poetandknowit 22-Aug-02/4:07 PM Reply
Perhaps, DA, perhaps.
[n/a] Christof 23-Aug-02/2:08 AM Reply
That's better - good and tumescent!
[8] mudskipper 23-Aug-02/8:04 PM Reply
a woman who desires to be rhapsodized..
[n/a] ==Doylum 23-Aug-02/8:11 PM Reply
Surely taco meat would loosen it even better. Just turn to hymen 79 and sing for all your worth. The good lord will provide - as long as your not a prody.
[9] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 29-Aug-02/7:31 AM Reply
As for criticism, shouldn't it be "broken starfish cries"? You only have one, don't you? Or perhaps "broken starfish leaks".
[n/a] Venus 29-Aug-02/9:41 AM Reply
DA - I reckon 'cries' would be grammatically correct, but I just liked the short sound of 'cry' - thanks for the legitimate criticism though.
[3] limonade 30-Aug-02/10:24 PM Reply
uh... hmm... right.
[6] Robert K Foster 20-Jun-03/5:42 AM Reply
? I didn't know starfish ate cherries.
[7] hipster flare 29-Sep-03/10:56 AM Reply
girls do that, so I've heard. never met any like that though.
[5] Zoe 5-Dec-05/8:12 AM Reply
A haiku is supposed to have three things:
1. A clear image
2. A clear emotion
3. A clear philosophical message

The image is not so clear to me as it seems to be two images - maybe you need to stick with the cherry image. The emotion seems to be hiding sadness with pride. But what is the philosophical message?