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Justin Thyme
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0 posted 2001-04-25 11:30 PM


"I Was An Abused Clown as a Child Writing Haikus on Earth Day"

I was a clown that was abused
My mother, she was cruel.
She made me write haikus and such
before I went to school.
On Earth Day, she was adament
about the way I dressed.
She said I looked just like a clown,
my brothers will attest.

And Justin Kace you didn't know,
my cousin, Justin Sayne,
decided he would join me and
we wrote this short refrain:

"Mother, you're abusive.
You really make us sick!
We think that we will run away
and split this scene real quick!
Because you treat us badly
and make us write haikus,
you've given our whole family
a bad case of the blues!
You are abusive, Mother.
And so we have to say,
this whole damn Justin family
is leaving on Earth Day."

And on that note, we did just that,
we up and split that joint.
And Mother scowled and cursed us out
and said we'd missed the point.

"I make you write haikus because
it is an exercise!
It's 'sposed to make you think of life
and stop your nasty lies!
You boys are just a bunch of clowns,
a fact you can't refute!
So, get up off your lazy butts
One day, you'll see the 'stute!"

And so it was, on Earth Day when
we ran away and split.
We said, "We'll not take this abuse!
We will have none of it!"
And years went by and then one day
we found that Mom was right,
we ended up inside the 'stute
when they turned out the light.

The funny thing, I'm telling you,
is that, for therapy,
they made us write haikus at night!
They say it sets us free!


signed,
Justin Thyme, recent 'Stute Escapee


© Copyright 2001 Justin Thyme - All Rights Reserved
Amuse_mi
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1 posted 2001-04-25 11:33 PM


Brilliant!!!


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2 posted 2001-04-26 01:46 AM


You really are very clever, you know.  Joyce
1slick_lady
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3 posted 2001-04-26 01:50 AM


justin....you are too funny.....you crack me up!!!!!!!! helen

"...the rest is silence" (Hamlet)       Shakespeare


inot2B
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4 posted 2001-04-26 07:50 PM


Keep up this writing and they'll have you running the stute. Love your style!!!!
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5 posted 2001-04-26 09:00 PM


Amazing piece!!!!!
Wowish, I thoroughly enjoyed this one!!!!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

serenity blaze
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6 posted 2001-04-26 09:02 PM


I nominate this for "Best Poetic Title"

AND ...I am ever grateful for the giggles...Mess with me, will ya? well "haiku you!" lol...  

Justin Sayne
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since 1999-10-09
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7 posted 2001-04-26 09:18 PM


He can't run the Stute
He's a recent escapee
And he's defiant

My cousin Justin
Thyme's critical of his mom
Cuz he hates Haiku

He and Justin Kace
Write only metered verses
Their poetry rhymes

They won't write Haiku
Like their mother said to do
Aunt Shirley U Jest

Both Justin's have fled
Last seen escaping the Stute
But they shall be found

And when they're returned
They will write Haiku each day
Till they get the point

They'll just have to learn
That it's really Justin Sayne
Who shall run the Stute


Justin Vented
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since 2001-04-08
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8 posted 2001-04-26 09:48 PM


  

Officer Justin Vented enters the scene to watch everyone closely. Don't give em any pity!
Oh my gosh,
Oh what a crime,    
Haikus all the time?
But wait, slow down,
Did you say,
You and Justin Kayce,
You ran away?
Oh geez, oh my,
Oh what a crime,
Disobeyed your mom,
Naughty, Justin Thyme.
But now you're paying,
Your sentence, sublime,
At the stute,
Your punishment, my rhyme.
Oh, and not to mention,
HAIKUS ALL THE TIME!




beowulf_26
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since 1999-06-29
Posts 183

9 posted 2001-04-26 09:58 PM


Very nice. I liked it :)
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