Friday, January 11, 2008

Haiku Friday - Forwarded Emails Piss Me Off Edition

Haiku Friday

Received lies about
Obama in my in-box
last night. Made me mad.

It's simple, really,
to fact-check, dispelling myths,
rumor, plain falsehoods.

It's okay to say,
We have different beliefs.
I won't vote for him.

But to suggest he
is part of bringing us down
from the inside, sucks:

To put him, through lies,
on par with people who fly
planes into buildings.

*****

Thanks to Jennifer and Christina for starting such a fun poetic exercise.

21 comments:

Secret Agent Mama said...

We have different beliefs.
I won't vote for him.

That being said, your haiku is really good! :)

Sober Briquette said...

Hey, I had that in my in-box, too. Another friend flamed the sender, then asked the rest of us if she was "too harsh." Not nearly enough. Sharing this with them...

suchsimplepleasures said...

i don't listen to any of that crap. because all it does is sicken me. like a bunch of high schoolers trying to start rumors. i received an email, dragging the poor guy through the mud. i deleted it, before i even finished reading it. while he isn't my first choice...i still think he seems like a good enough man!

AnGlOpHiLe FoOtBaLl FaNaTiC said...

I ditto Mishi.

Bren said...

I ditto Mishi as well.

Great haiku!!

Kathryn said...

I can't stand forwards.
Loved the ku!

Toni said...

Not a fan. However, not a fan of lies either....

flutter said...

LOL amen!!!

MamaGeek said...

Ditto². Man are you great at kus!

monkeysandmarbles said...

great haiku...yours are always so well written.

Mrs. G. said...

my haiku comment:

i like that you called
bullshit on this cyber derf
obama is sweet

janet said...

hmmm. i'm with mishi with this one.

Maggie said...

I got that email! It infuriated me. My friend Katie blogged about it too (katieIam.blogspot.com)

Let's just hope more people had our reaction than not...

Janet said...

Is there anything haiku can't address? Love it.

Gwen said...

Yeah, I hear you. But don't you worry, because it's not about race, it's about the truth. Uh huh.

Beck said...

I love being Canadian at times like this - the election process is so much less upsetting.

pootandcubby said...

I hate all those stupid forwarded e-mails that are filled with lies. I wish people would learn to search on Snopes before they send off crap to everyone in their address book. Excellent haiku!

-andi

Bon said...

oy. just...oy. are people really that naive?

great haiku.

Jen M. said...

I like your Haiku even if I AM a Hilary gal ;)

Jenn said...

There is a special place in hell for those type of forwards.

storyteller said...

Fear prompts people to
attack to protect themselves
from what? A phantom!

I missed you last week, but am glad to catch up today.
Hugs and blessings,