marlene mountain
one-line haiku sequence
january 20 1985

haiku poll

if you have a mastectomy hysterectomy do you
   a tell no one
   b tell only your closest friends
   c write a haiku or two (& sue the dr)

if you have been impotent for several years do you
   a tell no one
   b write a haiku

if you realize god is a joke do you
   a commit suicide
   b tell others
   c write a haiku

if you understand everything you've been taught is a lie do you
   a believe it
   b write haiku

if you believe haiku is things as they are do you
   a write haiku