Eight haikus concerning the last night of 'Pow' (written with Jude Baker and Lola Huston)

"Pow" was an open mic that ran in Chicago once a week during 1999, hosted by Noam Paco Gastor. These haikus were written on the last night of the show.

Red lights on the stage
Freaky performers -- is this
a practical joke?

How many exes
can be found in just one room?
Drink up. Never mind.

I would rather be
a sticky translator
for alien bees

The bees would feed you
precious royal jelly and
you'd be free from goo.

You'd communicate
like them, by shaking your ass;
talk in scent and touch.

Not by buzzing: it's
just a by-product of flight.
You beat wings to move.

Had you known what I'd
meant, you would have chased me down,
hand outstretched to beg.

When I step aside,
he can't help but be there.
He wants to do good.

Copyright 1999, Jason Pettus. All rights reserved.