Daily dose of haikus

One, two three, four, five
My hands and thumbs are alive
I am not a monkey.

To the finish line
My mind continues to race.
But my body's weak.

I want everything.
And I won't let you say no.
Or I won't want it.

Here's the thing: I love,
But I'm also bad at math.
How much can I have?

Worry and worry
And stress and binge and freak out
All for it to end.

Competitiveness
Seems like such a good thing but
It's so cancerous.

When I was little,
My mom made me clean dishes.
Kitchens drowned in soap.

I have five siblings.
I love them all equally
But all differently.

Don't need to be friends.
I just need to win, his heart
Will never be yours.

Time was on my mind
When I was wishing on stars
Now I just want change.

I mean currency.
If I could have money, I'd
Buy your happiness.

I hope that would work.
If it didn't, I think I
Know some other ways.

Like, for example,
I could make you bacon each
Morning. You'd love that.

Or always take out
the trash when it overflows.
I even mow lawns.

But not very well.
I think I might be sexist
Because I think men

Should do manly chores.
Or maybe I'm just lazy
And should learn new things.

Here is the problem:
I can neither change oil
Nor sew a button.

Then what can I do?
I can interpret cases
And write about them.

I can have fun with
Other peoples' money, And
Be grateful for it.

I can make music
And recognize the beauty
All over the world.

But first I must go
And see the world for myself
Not just through pictures.

I secretly think
My dad's promise for a cruise
Is all just a sham.

But I deal with it
Because he paid for law school
For which I'm thankful.

Class is starting soon
But not soon enough. Running
out of good topics.

I hope you like me.
I hope we stay the same, but
better with grey hair.

Joe's Haikus

Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.

You know those people who just seem to speak in iambic pentameter? Yeah, me neither. But some people definitely sound more poetic than others. When I got on my haiku kick, I noticed my friend, Joe Alisa, was more prone to post Facebook status updates in haiku form unknowingly. It's awesome. So in honor of Joe, I'd like to give a sampling of some of his poetic statuses molded to fit the haiku form. Enjoy!

Sitting on the couch
With kid, watching Breakin 2:
Electric Bug'loo

Trying to finish
But dreaming of the IHOP
Future midnight run?

How many people
Are writing their substantial
writing papers here?

Weather forecasting
is a dead art. Now we have
Stating obvious.

So much for the happy
Happy, joy Motorcycle
Day that I had planned.

Hotwheels this morning
at 6:30? Do we have
to? But I love it.

I'm Poly so I
like the Poi. I'm a Cougar
and I like the POY.

Crazy accident
On the way to school. Full sized
van flipped on its side.

Shout out to law peeps.
If you're not using all your
tickets, I need some.

One month left to go
and I finally make it
in a web story.

Shout out to law peeps.
Anyone have good cases
On Sharia Law?

I thought giving Joz
A bottle would help him go
To sleep. I was wrong.

Taught him everything
He knows. I really didn't
teach him anything.

Yo to my classmates.
I found a book today in a room.
Did someone lose one?

Doesn't feel so good.
You wanna buy a bulldog?
Drive-by Jimmering. (a composite)