Haiku

this crazy teacher
wants me to write a haiku
I've no idea how

global warming is
just the end of the ice age
so the penguins say

the boy with no shoes
now you see him, now you don't
my wallet -- it's gone!

small boy with squeegee
no shoes, making a living
as all grown men should

the smell of solvent,
sounds of youthful street wisdom --
working kids live here

level: three -- strength: ten
four more lives ---- what? game over??!!
... zapped by the real world

said the man to jack
shove those worthless magic beans
take this cow instead

in the land of grey mist
sleep children without childhood
in bedrooms -- no walls

a hole in the fence
water hole, rusting steel beams
some kids call it home

city of plywood
where we can see what we breath
but not our next meal

hello shoe shine boy
where's your bed? who cooks for you?
you're here every day