> > > > > > REDNECK HAIKU



> > > > > >

> > > > > > DESIRE

> > > > > >  Damn, in that tube-top

> > > > > >  You make me almost forget

> > > > > >  That you are my cousin

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  BEAUTY

> > > > > >  Naked in repose

> > > > > >  Silvery silhouette girls

> > > > > >  Adorn my mudflaps

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  REMORSE

> > > > > >  A painful sadness

> > > > > >  Can't fit big screen TV through

> > > > > >  Double-wide's front door

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  DEPRIVED

> > > > > >  In WalMart toy aisle

> > > > > >  Wailing boy wants wrestling doll

> > > > > >  Mama whups his ass

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  OPTIONS

> > > > > >  Unemployment's out.

> > > > > >  Hey, maybe I can get on

> > > > > >  Disability

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  BLAZE

> > > > > >  Distant siren screams

> > > > > >  Dumb-ass Verne's been playing with

> > > > > >  Gasoline again

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  A NEW MOON

> > > > > >  Flashlights pierce darkness

> > > > > >  No nightcrawlers to be found

> > > > > >  Guess we'll jig some frogs

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  EXUBERANCE

> > > > > >  Joyous, playful, bright

> > > > > >  Trailer park girl rolls in puddle

> > > > > >  Of old motor oil

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  ALONE

> > > > > >  Seeking solitude

> > > > > >  Carl's ex-wife Tammy files for

> > > > > >  Restraining order

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  HATRED

> > > > > >  I curse the rainbow

> > > > > >  Emblazoned upon his hood

> > > > > >  God damn Jeff Gordon

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  OFFERINGS

> > > > > >  Tonight we hunger

> > > > > >  Grandma sent grocery money

> > > > > >  To Jimmy Swaggert

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  DRAMA

> > > > > >  Set the VCR

> > > > > >  Dukes of Hazzard Marathon

> > > > > >  At 9 O'Clock

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  NO SIGNAL

> > > > > >  White noise, buzzing static

> > > > > >  Call Earl; satellite dish

> > > > > >  needs new descrambler

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  IMPOUNDED

> > > > > >  Sixty-five dollars

> > > > > >  And cyclone fence keeps me from

> > > > > >  My El Camino

> > > > > >

> > > > > >  GATHERING

> > > > > >  In early morning mist

> > > > > >  Mama searches Circle K for

> > > > > >  Moon Pies and Red Man