Zen and the Art of Masturbation, or Empty Hand

[Todd]

What you call dragon style
is monkey steals peaches.
Yours is the kata of a video game
with anime thousand foot leaps to nowhere.

I am a haiku
of twelve syllables.

brush of wind
blossoms in winter
the stream bed dry

I am the hand that grasps
the pebble, the quick release,
the little death.

[ChristopherSea]

What you call dragon style
is monkey steals peaches.
Yours is the kata of a video game
with anime thousand foot leaps to nowhere.

I am a haiku
of twelve syllables.

brush of wind
blossoms in winter
the stream bed dry

I am the hand that grasps
the pebble, the quick release,
the little death.

I am still laughing at the title of this Todd! It’s certainly apropos posting this in the fun forum. I suppose dragon style is a ‘kung fu grip’. Shouldn’t that be ‘monkey steals the peach’? No matter, the way you have it sounds more of a translation regardless. Great use of metaphoric expressions to stay within the theme, especially, ‘the little death’! Very witty and amusing poem./Chris

[Todd]

Glad you liked it Chris. Thanks. I appreciate the comments.

[billy]

i saw
i came
i conquered

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the 2nd is quite clever

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ecstasy
the sound
one hand cranking

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your title is also sniggeringly remarkable, i like it a lot

[Todd]

Thank you billy, though I doubt the poem ever got around to "I conquered"