three haikus after kobayashi issa*

i played "never have i ever"
with a pickled monk from edo
in my friend's garage

he was all, "fruit flies
just want to make love, as does man
pulling radishes, natant waterfowl"

i remember when
all i wanted in the world
was a furby

*japanese poet and bodhisattva, 1763-1828. his nom de plume means "little cup of tea," which befits much of his work.