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    5/28/2009

    Apocalypse Haikus

    I was reading about North Korea today and was inspired to write a haiku:
    North Korean 'fun'
    does not involve flat noodles
    mushroom cloud over Seoul
    And as I was reading through a requirements document I listened to the NPR 24hr program stream and heard two people talking about accidental nuclear war. I brainstormed with a coworker for a while to come up with some themes about nuclear devastation. He asked me why and I said I wanted some material for Haikus. When he got done laughing at me, we came up with the following list:
     
    • wasteland
    • hungry/food
    • sad/lonely
    • frightened
    • radiation (bonus for mentioning iodine)
    • shelter
    • supplies/medicine

    So here they are, not necessarily in that order ;)

    after the world ends
    slow mutants shuffle about
    the dead are lucky
     
    long pork is tasty
    when the other choice is dirt
    sorry little sis
     
    I'm so tired tonight
    still hiding from cannibals
    must not fall asleep
     
    hair has fallen out
    tempurature high glands swollen
    pray for iodine
     
    avoid toxic rain
    for safety sake forced to live
    in collapsed ruins
     
    old man trading meds
    for women or strong children
    now he has crushed skull
     
    snow blind from searching
    alone on this blistered earth
    family gone away
    Happy Thursday everyone!!

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