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Issue #45, Western Stock Show, January 12, 2003, Denver, Colorado.
Haiku: Patrick Lynn, Sara Benson, Krista Morien, Susan Peterson, Jonathan Machen, Robert Power. Photos, drawings and layout: Jonathan Machen. Copyright 2003 HaikuTimes.com
on the radio
leaving for the rodeo
a cow opera
mild winter day
the sun pulls out slowly
with the train
might as well surrender
we are all part of the herd
at the rodeo
levitating
above me, the llama's
suspicious eye
quiet cattle
stare at nothing
with watery eyes
remembering my
grandfather talking calmly
to his cattle
some of the cow's butts
look clean and pristine
others - dirty and muddy
just sitting here
and relaxing at the
western stock show
boundaries trampled
black piglet squeals inconsolably
at the kid's petting zoo
ammonia vapor
and salivating heifers
in bovine commune
hundreds of cow butts
revealed by
swishing of tails
choking on dust
and bravado at the
mexican rodeo
this must be
the climax of the rodeo:
kids on bucking sheep
the mutton busters
ride on merino bullets,
cling to wooly nape
slow pokin' hokey
'til the firecracker pops
the cycle airborne
clamped testicles:
even the men seem to admire
the bucking broncoes
the clown up-ended
by a ball-scrunched angry bull
six feet and grounded
angry bull in pen
made so for entertainment
will he throw the man?
entrepreneur
full of american pride
creates deep fried twinkies
beneath the interstate
digging into a funnel cake
and deep fried twinkies
rodeo or freak show?
a deep fried twinkie stares back
under bright lights
huge turkey drumstick
gets me in the stock show spirit
and dazzles my friends
two lost women in
leather coats and high heels
avoid the cow shit
ignoring the bulls
i notice her breast implants
and the chili dogs
faces bright and calm
two middle-aged cowboys
share a game of cards
guy with pot belly
with a girth as expansive
as that black heifer
rhinestones and sequins
help this woman to control
her huge animal
skittering away
little black pig tries to hide
behind the cool goats
a real life charro
rides his mariachi horse
in blinding spotlight
among the merchandise
hard to find the animals
western stock show
no haiku yet
at the western stock show
too much merchandise
bright yellow pants on
a small child dancing at
the edge of the bleachers
herded like cattle
in the back of susan's car
sara and krista
on the radio
leaving for the rodeo
a cow opera
mild winter day
the sun pulls out slowly
with the train
might as well surrender
we are all part of the herd
at the rodeo
levitating
above me, the llama's
suspicious eye
quiet cattle
stare at nothing
with watery eyes
remembering my
grandfather talking calmly
to his cattle
some of the cow's butts
look clean and pristine
others - dirty and muddy
just sitting here
and relaxing at the
western stock show
boundaries trampled
black piglet squeals inconsolably
at the kid's petting zoo
ammonia vapor
and salivating heifers
in bovine commune
hundreds of cow butts
revealed by
swishing of tails
choking on dust
and bravado at the
mexican rodeo
this must be
the climax of the rodeo:
kids on bucking sheep
the mutton busters
ride on merino bullets,
cling to wooly nape
slow pokin' hokey
'til the firecracker pops
the cycle airborne
clamped testicles:
even the men seem to admire
the bucking broncoes
the clown up-ended
by a ball-scrunched angry bull
six feet and grounded
angry bull in pen
made so for entertainment
will he throw the man?
entrepreneur
full of american pride
creates deep fried twinkies
beneath the interstate
digging into a funnel cake
and deep fried twinkies
rodeo or freak show?
a deep fried twinkie stares back
under bright lights
huge turkey drumstick
gets me in the stock show spirit
and dazzles my friends
two lost women in
leather coats and high heels
avoid the cow shit
ignoring the bulls
i notice her breast implants
and the chili dogs
faces bright and calm
two middle-aged cowboys
share a game of cards
guy with pot belly
with a girth as expansive
as that black heifer
rhinestones and sequins
help this woman to control
her huge animal
skittering away
little black pig tries to hide
behind the cool goats
a real life charro
rides his mariachi horse
in blinding spotlight
among the merchandise
hard to find the animals
western stock show
no haiku yet
at the western stock show
too much merchandise
bright yellow pants on
a small child dancing at
the edge of the bleachers
herded like cattle
in the back of susan's car
sara and krista
solo/group kukai
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen