RANDOM HAIKUS

the earth is dying.
we face global extinction.
turn the other way.

we've fought this war since
industry's revolution.
victory is spent.

everywhere you look,
stolen words attack your head.
images blind you.

money talks and walks,
tides of time carry it off.
but it doesn't float

"bullshit baffles brains."
my grandpa, the salesman, says
and i am baffled

the institution
seeks to rehabilitate.
you can't hide. just run.

©Copyright 2004 Sheila Cook.