Sexy Sadie is sexy no mo. She laughs insanely with a toothless mouth and sings her lunatic songs as she walks the streets with nowhere to go.
She swallows her insane words, they taste like dirt. Nobody listens to what she has to say, but she recites poems she wrote on the sidewalk under the scorching sun; until the grocer erases her words with his hose.
Her job is to collect cans, drink cheap wine, and warn the world, "The end is near, be right with Jesus." But she is invisible to passersby.
She mumbles to herself, "to each their own; live and let live; wherever you go, there you are; number 9, number 9, number 9" as the sayings go.
Sexy Sadie has no home.
neath the bridge,
urine-stank tents and burning barrels—
hidden shame
Author Notes
Sexy Sadie and Revolution 9 are songs by the Beatles. In Revolution 9, there is a phrase: number 9, number 9, number 9
Haibun is a Japanese poetic form that combines haiku with prose. It's in present or past tense. The subject matter can be autobiographical, a travel journal, a slice of life, a memory, a dream, or a short sketch of a person, place, or event. Topics can be about life, love affairs, human concerns, and experiences. The point of view is first person (the author's eyes), or third person (he/she). Use imagery, sensory, and concrete details. Length varies from very brief (1-2 sentences) with one haiku, to long prose entries with interspersed haiku.
The prose tells the story, gives information, defines the theme, creates a mood through tone, provides a background to spotlight the haiku
The haiku moves the story forward, takes the narrative in another direction, adds insight or another dimension to the prose, resolves the conflict in an unpredictable way, or questions the resolution of the prose. Prose is the narrative and haiku is the revelation or the reaction. click here to read guidelines for writing haibun for Haibun Today examples and more information click here for Wikipedia definition click here for Graceguts- more information click here click here for a pdf file of guidelines
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Gypsy
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