A Haiku Challenge

Now clean up the mess
Find what lies beneath it, real
Let it all drift by

 

Let it all drift by
Drift away like a classic
from the seventies

(Dobie Gray - Drift Away)

 

from the seventies
emerged a great anime
Mobile Suit Gundam

 

Mobile Suit Gundam
in Mecha Godzilla land
The shit's hit the fan

(One too many syllables and then I was stuck redoing it to something totally different)

 

The shit's hit the fan
Cleanup in aisle sixteen
Leaving Home Depot

 

Leaving Home Depot.
And now danger lies ahead
For DYI guy.

 

For DYI guy
The ride back to Tokyo
Fraught with disaster

 

Now clean up the mess
That you made in the kitchen
I'm not your mother

 

I'm not your mother
But if I had a druther
maybe something else

 

Maybe something else
To make the pain go away
Too much booze I think

 

Too much booze I think
Although I am pretty sure
Have been there before

 

Have been there before
Soon I will be there again
The winds blow and blow

 

The winds blow and blow
Branches creak and owls hoot
Hark ye! Who goes there?

 

Hark ye! Who goes there?
Said the obstinate captain
guarding the toll road

 

Guarding the toll road—
Will you chip in for passage
Through the deep, dark woods

 

Through the deep, dark woods
we ventured for seven days
foraging mushrooms

 

Foraging mushrooms
Makes your life interesting.
Choose wrong and you die.

 

Choose wrong and you die,
Which will it be - left or right?
Take the correct road.

 

Take the correct road
and swerve to avoid a toad
Veer to miss a deer

 

Veer to miss a deer
The things that we see at night
apt to stir some fright

 

Apt to stir some fright,
Luck be a lady tonight,
Go on, take a bite.

 

Go on, take a bite,
Said the lady to Adam,
What could come of it?

 

What could come of it?
This garden is boring me.
Let's split and hand jive.

 

Let's split and hand jive
and retro live the music
of a time gone by.

 

Of a time gone by
There's nothing more to be said,
Let the dead stay dead.