Haiku of the Godless

[rodrigesque]

It was drawn to my attention recently, through an accidental detour into the abysm of a year 10 english text which, by way of my mild kleptomania and absentmindedness has lain apon my bookshelf for over a year now, that there exists a revolutionary movement towards the de-regulation of Haikus from their regular 5-7-5 format, into 5-5-5 or even (

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[lauristo]

you what now? ....

mmm

[iskra_lolita]

nigga say waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

lol..kidding
i do love a good intellectual convo

rey

*i say mr leprachaun..what is he on about?*

[iskra_lolita]

p.s:...agree to the goddamn terms and conditions on my journal damn u..even if u dont think u need to...

[kaetian]

oo oo! come join my community! it's called ealadha, you can get to it from my lj.

[kaetian]

One should always be drunk. That's all that matters;
that's our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time's
horrible burden one which breaks your shoulders and bows
you down, you must get drunk without cease.

But with what?
With wine, poetry, or virtue
as you choose.
But get drunk.

And if, at some time, on steps of a palace,
in the green grass of a ditch,
in the bleak solitude of your room,
you are waking and the drunkeness has already abated,
ask the wind, the wave, the stars, the clock,
all that which flees,
all that which groans,
all that which rolls,
all that which sings,
all that which speaks,
ask them, what time it is;
and the wind, the wave, the stars, the birds, and the clock,
they will all reply:

"It is time to get drunk!

So that you may not be the martyred slaves of Time,
get drunk, get drunk,
and never pause for rest!
With wine, poetry, or vitrtue,
as you choose!"
- "Get Drunk", by Charles Baudelaire, translated form the french. i found it and thought of you. ;)