Sunday, May 16, 2010

Indonesia Haiku

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 ...

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