Senryu and Semantics

Senryu: a three-line unrhymed Japanese poem structurally similar to a haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein. Semantics: the study of meaning. Just trying to understand the randomness of life events, even the mundane, in senryu form.

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Don’t worry, he’s fine.

The cat maintained eye contact while I attempted to keep him from harm.

Despite my efforts, the damn asshole still swallowed the sewing needle.

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Four and a half months since you’ve been gone for good.  I really miss you, Mom.

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Pass a damn budget already!

Politics are now directly affecting my job security.

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I got nothing.

Creativity is a fickle mistress. She always avoids me.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Bushmills, Jameson, and pints of thick, dark Guinness. Can’t wait to leave work.

I’m not Irish, but I do enjoy drinking and wearing green all day.

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Comes with the territory, I suppose

I love my job, but sometimes the lack of hygiene is a bit too much.

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Pet Peeve #385

Operas sound pretty, so stop crinkling your damn candy wrappers, jerks.

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March snow

Fluffy flakes drift down outside my office window. And it’s fucking March.

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And I do.

Marriage is getting angry, then realizing you still love this person.

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Guest poet: Dog.

Fun with stik. Stik is fun. Run with stick. Chu on stik. Stik is gud. Gud stik.

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But it’s my job now, sooo....

Apartment hunting for other people is so very fucking hard.

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I’m terrible with plants.

Mom’s Christmas cactus is slowly dying in my care. Coincidence?

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Or a bee? Or a red panda? Or a deer? Or a...

There’s a chance I’m too old and just don’t get these pop culture things now, but:

Snapchat filters are bat-shit crazy; who wants to look like a damn pug?

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We need to stop predicting weather with animals.

March comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb? Totally legit.

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But...Sunday Funday!

I am probably too old to wake up on a Monday still drunk. Whoops.

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Not a normal day in the office

Driving an over- sized pickup for work made me feel like a badass.

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I’m so weak.

The impossible: leave Walgreens without a new nail polish color.