More Hilarious Haiku About The Small Mysteries Of Modern Life
I know you’ve just been WAITING for more amusing observations and subtly ironic drawings about modern life from Yamada Zenjido (the artist who goes by y_haiku), so for those of you who (like me) are not exactly goddess-like at reading handwritten Japanese, here are a few choice ones in translation!
May it perk up your spirits in these trying times to know that all over the world, some things always make people stop and think WTF WHY?
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Two years later,
Why did someone push
The like button?
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Driving down the road,
Passing your car’s twin
Is a strange feeling.
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How could someone think
Those stars
Look like a goat?
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I don’t want that bonus prize
But somehow
I can’t refuse to take it.
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Filling up the coffeemaker
Next to a toilet
Just feels wrong.
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Someone knocks a rice ball onto the floor
Then puts it back on the shelf.
Should I say something?
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I don’t want to be
The first one
To put up my umbrella.
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Miso soup
Drunk from a glass
Doesn’t taste right.
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Missed subway stop
I get off at the next one
Pretending it’s mine.
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Still annoyed
When the pirated wifi
Cuts out.
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The train is empty
Why does he have to choose a seat
So close to me?
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If you’re a kanji god, you can be amused early and often by these gems if you follow the artist on Twitter (@y_haiku) and/or Instagram (instagram.com/y_haiku/).
As a lesser being, my thanks go to Hiroyuki Otomo, who helped me translate the peskier characters.
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