Edku: September 1997

Move backwards to August 1997.

1.
Short blonde hair flutters
Blood and glass on French pavement
Sacrifice to fame

--David Oates

2.
Paparazzi pigs!
A drunk driver was no help.
Diana lies dead.

--janie applecheeks, pphhrogg@communique.net

3.
Millions mourn her loss,
but where is the Prince of Wales?
In Scotland with Mum!

--janie applecheeks, pphhrogg@communique.net

4.
Citizens beware!
Bounty hunters on the loose
killing anyone!

--janie applecheeks, pphhrogg@communique.net

5.
tragic flash last seen
die to live in every heart
go now bright light go

--chuck berk, ChuckBerk@prodigy.net

6.
Republican wimps
Clinton: total corruption
But they can't get him

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

7.
Sen. Al D'Amato
Slimy Mafia dirtbag
Wants to judge Clinton

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

8.
Right wing gets hot 'bout
Arkansas motel room love
Righteous jealousy

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

9.
Nude model Paula
Says Clinton is immoral
Pot calls kettle black

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

10.
Bimbo miracle
Donna Rice and Paula Jones
Once sluts, now virgins

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

11.
Anonymous mines
Killing and maiming children.
Man's stupidity.

--Bob Pinkerton, rpinkert@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us

12.
Caught in the spotlight,
Lives splashed on tabloid pages,
And on tunnel walls.

--Bob Pinkerton, rpinkert@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us

13.
flashy beamer goes
for cutoff, rush hour; alas
it's critical mass

--Roger Herpst, rherpst@sonic.net

14.
Marv Alberts: "Biter"
I'll bet his girlfriend is proud
Long-suffering kind?

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

15.
NBC was fooled
Pervert Alberts says: "Who, me?"
Guilty plea says all

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

16.
Vandals' new saying
Spray paint on an alley wall
"Bite me, Marv Alberts"

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

17.
Campaigns even now
Bob Kerrey wants to be Prez
"President Moonbeam"

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

18.
Bob Kerrey wants to
be a Kennedy, so he
becomes Catholic.

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

19.
A worker's hero
Kerrey owns a restaurant
Pays minimum wage

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

20.
Pseudo-liberal
Bob Kerrey's hidden bias
Homophobic pol

--Tom Simms, TSimms@rtic.net

21.
"What are you writing?"
"I am writing a HAIKU."
"Gesundheit, my dear."

--jg starr, jgstarr@primenet.com


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