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this vain artifice

this vain artifice 
holds me ever hostage to 
my better judgment

it is a folly 
to confuse the poetry 
with the poor poet

clearly more here than
lumpia and master chief
petty officers

one taste of haiku
and then before you know it:
epic poetry

an efficient way
for strangers who wish you well
to get through to you

imagine spending
priceless drops of life to trash
an innocent gift

counting syllables
is a practice best left to
trained professionals

the book of haiku
expresses just one idea
between its covers

an experiment
in internet mind control
don’t tell anyone

maybe the good ones
will suffer more iambs than
strictly appropriate