Tanka Gas Station

1.      Gas Gauge

Such dull syllables
Faking their significance
Combine to form a
Caricature of themself.
(Your tanka’s almost empty)

2.      Driving on Fumes

Schizoid linguistics:
Odd orientalisms
Haiku up the price
So you count grim syllables
As if they had some value.

3.      Essence Refilled

Debit or credit?
Press for receipt: yes or no
(Please see attendant.)
Now you’ve filled up the tanka.
Now your poem can explode.

 

 

7 comments on “Tanka Gas Station

  1. ha ha.. cute yeah. Happy Easter. :)

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  2. Your synapses are firing fast today 😉 very entertaining and true and happy resurrection day!

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