I don’t know why, but I’m tired of “mackerel sky” haiku. So just for fun I decided to do a little send-up. I invite you to play along, too. Give that fish a little poke and see what happens.
mackerel sky
it looks like
a fish
mackerel sky
the editor hires
a hitwoman
mackerel sky
two stones’ throws
of hip hop
mackerel sky
this couldn’t happen
in anime
mackerel sky
ripping off
her bodice
mackerel sky
how to riff
off chicken scratch
mackerel sky
insert cliché
here
mackerel sky
macaroni
and cheese
adieu summer!
we open the last tin
of mackerel sky
mackerel sky
stinks up all the clouds
phew pu (I'm not sure how to spell this sound)