My mom always told me to write Japanese tanka poetry, so I am. Here's my stab at Haiku as well
May 16th, 2010
I asked for the bus
Taxis said, "Bus? No more bus!"
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!
Thirty-minute bus
Taxis said "Bus? Two hours!"
You are all liars!
"Where are you come from?"
all Indonesians ask me,
"I come from Japan"
Japanese accent,
but American passport
I'm not Japanese
Many bus singers
Some are good, some not so good
I won't pay all of you
In the minibus
I can count eleven seats
but twenty people
Horrible morning
A volcano at sunrise
Totally worth it
May 15th, 2010
Cold forty degrees
Big, thick, down comforter
Best, damn sleep ever
May 14th, 2010
A shady bus station
Only three more hours
Till the sun comes up
Annoying sellers!
After one night watching them
Hard working people
Can't find public bus
Took mini bus, defeated
Just two dollars more
Tiny minivan
Busload of people in it
That makes minibus
May 13th, 2010
An eight hour bus
It has been only one
And I want to pee
Crazy bus driver
Motorbikes, cars, and scooters
One at a time ... dead
Our bags stolen? No!
Locks, zipties, and bungee chords
Oh, I need T.P.
Sellers at bus stops
Why do you sell sunglasses?
It's the dead of night
May 12th, 2010
Ten hour train ride
Is this what a turkey feels
on Thanksgiving day?
Ninety-five degrees
Ten hour train, no AC
I might die today ...
Sunday, May 16, 2010
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