More August 2023 Haiku / myLot

Preston, England

August 16, 2023 7:06am CST

HAIKU 1/. Pennywise IT Computer store run by clowns Business balloons Pennywise is a demonic clown in Stephen King's horror novel It. Here I picture him running an IT (Information Technology) shop. 2/. Boo! Jump scares Don’t work in short poems Bet you didn’t scream. Jump scares are when someone leaps out unexpectedly to frighten you momentarily when you don't expect it. 3/. Poirot caught me Overdue library book Between his murders Silly idea of a detective used to solving complicated murders having to find out something really minor and trivial. 4/. Time flows like treacle Somehow I still end up late Explain that, Einstein! A play on the weird way time seems to speed up or slow down. 5/. Unmoved by the game Cheered by my friends They find me so weird. Written as many people round me were cheering as our national women's team won a major football match I have no interest in. Arthur Chappell

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (54983)

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16 Aug 23

I don't believe women should play football, or be involved in wrestling or boxing...

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Amber

@AmbiePam (91780)

• United States

16 Aug 23

You don’t think women should play soccer (football)?

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (54983)

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17 Aug 23

@AmbiePam Right. In my view, women do not have to play every sport men do, leave the rough tough ones to the men.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

17 Aug 23

@AmbiePam I don't play or watch football and I'm male - clearly many women do like the game so it should be there for them and the fight for women's equality in sport is part of the general fight for equality so that is a good thing to me

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