More heyokaku

must all neo-haiku forms
be angry candy?
dandruff fslls on white papers

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stone, sea, wind, light, water, wood—
elements conjured
to make this tide-pool sacred

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ham-steak, orange juice, fresh-made bread
that I baked myself—
Chicago summer breakfast!

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sunny urban afternoon,
shirtless soccer jocks—
ice cream at the corner store

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vanilla chips dribble down
his perspiring chest—
white petals fall from dogwoods

Heyokaku

Well, since we're inventing new haiku variants lately, let's invent another one.

Heyoka are the Trickster spirits, sometimes manifested as clowns, in several Native American tribal mythologies and enactments. Heyoka sometimes do things backwards, to make points about those who are too rigid about doing things the Right Way. They make us laugh at our own pretentions, and give us healthy reminders to not take ourselves too seriously. They rebalance social imbalances, through clowning, mockery, and deep play.

In the Chuck Jones cartoons, Wile E. Coyote was a heyoka, always doing things that failed in gloriously absurd ways, while the Roadrunner was a Trickster, always surprising us with clever tricks that show us how to laugh.

So, let's heyoka the haiku, and make a heyokaku: 7/5/7 syllables, or more—rather than 5/7/5, or less. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

desert spirits writhe at midnight,
cloven-footed dogs:
saguaro dance with open arms