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My unreasonable expectations have often led me down the path of irrational exuberance.

  • Squeezing

    Stock photo of a bunch of grapes that have seen better days from Pexel.com
    Photo by Nikolett Emmert on Pexels.com
    another thread of
    chaos under a greedy
    administration
    squeezing sour grapes of graft
    into filthy lucre whine

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  • Spellbound

    A,I, image generated from haiku text of cloaked mage levitating inside a mystical circle while conjuring a glowing purple and red serpent
    a spellbound nation
    seduced by chaos magic
    conjured lower selves
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  • Circus

    Stock photo of a big top circus tent from Pexels.com
    Photo by Robert So on Pexels.com
    Far too much circus
    Distracts from necessities
    Need more daily bread
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  • Nests

    Stock photo of red-winged black bird posing on a rock with a body of water in the background from Pexela.com
    Photo by Daniel Cavarra on Pexels.com
    red-winged black bird nests
    fill the shoreline with joyous
    distinctive bird song
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  • Wiggle

    Stock photo of a half open tin of sardines in limbo from Pexels.com
    Photo by Karen Lau00e5rk Boshoff on Pexels.com
    Conduct befitting
    Sardine packed in olive oil
    Zero wiggle room

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  • Asunder

    Stock photo of lightning and clouds with implied thunder following over a cityscape from Pexels.com
    Photo by emre varu0131u015flu0131 on Pexels.com
    lightning and it's mate
    almost simultaneous
    till cruel distance cleaves
    a perceived separation
    leaving thunder asunder

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  • Freeform

    Stock photo of a dragonfly alight on a human hand from Pexels.com
    Photo by Josh Hild on Pexels.com
    Dragonfly floating
    Gently on gusts of my whims
    Freeform fascinate
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  • Tsunami

    Stock photo of abstract red liquid infiltrating black liquid from Pexels.com
    Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com
    low tide of black ink
    with tsunami of red ink 
    smashed on the corner
    as all small boats in the town
    can't rely on trickle down


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  • Careless

    Stock photo of a person taking a leap of faith on a cliff fromPexels.com
    Photo by B Pixels on Pexels.com
    A careless life led
    Is the couldn't care less life
    Ambivalent care
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  • Excursions

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of flaming projectiles striking a medieval stone castle under siege with catapults and soldiers while children huddle in a side building / chapel.
    excursions into 
    the keep dropping hell on the 
    last orphans of siege

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  • Selfies

    Stock photo of commemorative historical bunker marker and sculptures on Normandy beaches from Pexels.com
    Photo by Brent Carr on Pexels.com
    Eighty two years past
    Landed on Normandy shores
    A surprise visit 
    Stayed a bit took no selfies
    Then came back and told no tales

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  • Scam

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a smartphone showing incoming call from 'Scam Likely' telemarketer with options to decline, accept, message, or remind
    The incoming joy
    Of a call from Scam Likely
    Forewarned is forearmed
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  • Humours

    Stock photo of a solitary figure wrapped in a constricting gown while hunched over on a chair from Pexels.com
    Photo by Maxime Gru00e8que on Pexels.com
    back to the snake oil
    no hand washing, germs, or cures
    bad humours abound
    if you were of troubled mind
    it was strait in the jacket


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  • Battlements

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a Medieval stone castle lit by yellow magical lights at night under crescent moon and stars
    fireflies over 
    the battlements uplifted
    on insectile wings

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  • Crank

    Stock photo of the front end of an old manual crank ignition engine automobile from Pexels.com
    Photo by SHOX ART on Pexels.com
    Give my brain a crank
    Fire up Tin Lizzie mind
    Spark grind and sputter
    Power into the haiku 
    With tanka for a new day

    Fediverse reactions

  • Awful

    Stock photo of bust, baby, fruit wedge held in a gloved stand pom pom chattering teeth bug bear in sliced fruit and pom pom on the lawn from Pexels.com
    Photo by Adam Stuart on Pexels.com
    The world as always
    Has been a blend of awful
    Plus wonderfulness
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  • Passage

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a view through textured cave opening to colorful mountain and wildflower meadow under sky
    Viscous dark passage
    Back when paradise was young
    Enticing entry
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  • Barging

    Stock photo of a small model town with a large intrusive entity stalking Main Street from Pexels.com
    Photo by Ramon Karolan on Pexels.com
    small worlds fill quickly
    when big lies come barging through
    doors uninvited
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  • Screen

    Stock footage of face to face edit suite screens from Pexels.com
    Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com
    when I close my eyes 
    I dream of weeks spent on mere
    seconds of screen time
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  • Glitch

    Stock photo of a person looking over the edge standing on a rocky ledge with a long drop ahead from Pexels.com
    Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Pexels.com
    on the precipice 
    of a gulch there was a glitch 
    stopped me with a gulp
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  • Distraction

    Stock photo of a single small human figure climbing a massive set of stairs outside a mountainous edifice from Pexels.com
    Photo by Mike van Schoonderwalt on Pexels.com
    One more example
    Etch a deadly quest for show
    Distraction d'état
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  • Mopery

    Stock B & W photo of a man in a suit adjusting his tie from Pexels.com
    Photo by Jordan Bergendahl on Pexels.com
    Blatant crime charge jam
    First degree mopery rap
    Late on the upbeat
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  • Decoration

    Stock photo of large expanse of headstones in rows from Pexels.com
    Photo by Chad Madden on Pexels.com
    Nations keep filling
    Graves needing decoration
    Fallen history
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  • Civic

    Stock photo of an upheld clenched fist full of money from Pexels.com
    Photo by Jeff Stapleton on Pexels.com
    Being on the take
    Is now a civic virtue
    Hands out. Palms up. Grab.

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  • Conjured

    Stock photo of a youngster sitting on a shore reading from Pexels.com
    Photo by iddea photo on Pexels.com
    Joy of memories
    Conjured up out of nowhere
    A quiet time friend
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  • Respect

    Stock photo of a wilted flower laid on a black slab with the names of the fallen etched into it from Pexels.com
    Photo by James L on Pexels.com
    to earn some respect
    so as to earn affection
    first pay both forward
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  • Sufficiency

    Stock photo of a bombed out landscape of a once inhabitable area of civilization from Pexels.com
    Photo by Sonny Vermeer on Pexels.com
    such things cannot be
    sufficiently despised is
    the correct response
    to corrupt actions taken
    by despotic land grabbers
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  • Focus

    Stock photo of blurred lights through a hole cut in a chain link fence from Pexels.com
    Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Pexels.com
    Ruination notions
    The world blurs into chaos
    When focus is lost
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  • Dotage

    Stock photo of sparks flying off a grinding wheel as it hones a piece of metal from Pexels.com
    Photo by Mahmut Yu0131lmaz on Pexels.com
    Minute by minute
    I ripen in my dotage 
    Decrepitude honed
    Put off to another day
    Evergreen avoidance ways


  • Tub

    Stock photo of a statue of a bearded man huddled while seated on a slab taking cover from the elements Pexel.com
    Photo by Jakub N on Pexels.com
    Diogenes tub
    Filled with regrets of others
    Perverse consciousness

  • Disassemble

    Stock photo of a video game controller reduced to its parts on a workbench from Pexels.com
    Photo by FOX ^.u11bd.^= u222b on Pexels.com
    When cravings of youth
    Disassemble to beset  
    Torments of the old

  • Scarcity

    Stock photo of a gas pump with a hand made Sold Out sign on it from Pexels.com
    Photo by K on Pexels.com
    Glaring scarcity
    Of cognitive clarity
    Pains the world to see

  • Crisis

    Stock B & W photo of human fingers hanging on for dear life to something from Pexels.com
    Photo by UMUT DAu011eLI on Pexels.com
    when in the grip of
    an existential crisis
    best to just exist

  • Matata

    Stock B&W photo of a cat looking back at a person walking away from Pexels.com
    Photo by Emrecan Algu00fcl on Pexels.com
    from time to time I
    admit walking back the cat
    to know where I went
    and chill in the lacuna
    of the matata I've seen

  • Embers

    Stock photo of glowing red embers in a small heap of ash on the floor from Pexels.com
    Photo by Sergio Arteaga on Pexels.com
    Together we burned
    Shimmer through the night til dawn
    Embers glowed til noon

  • Aphotic

    Stock photo of deep sea diver kicking up an obscuring cloud of silt walking on sea bottom from Pexels.com
    Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
    current regime wants
    to drown the public in dark 
    aphotic news zone
    where no light sheds on their path
    to enrich their shellfish selves

  • Struggle

    Stock photo of earth mother figurines set in a lush stream bank and forest setting from Pexels.com
    Photo by Anton Massalov on Pexels.com
    mask of a stoic
    worn by Gaia while watching 
    her children struggling
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  • Cast

    Stock photo of Milky Way as seen from the ground among rock formations on earth from Pexels.com
    Photo by Michal Vau0161ko on Pexels.com
    A flurry of stars
    Cast out into the expanse 
    As Milky Way spins
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  • Roost

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of chickens and eggs in a rundown barnyard 
    chickens and the cost
    of empire come home to
    roost in the wreckage
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  • Refuse

    Stock photo of an expansive garbage dump with machinery in the background for trash moving from Pexels.com
    Photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels.com
    Refuse to give in
    To the refuse of things past
    Discarded just cause
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