“Al Werneke” – Tanka 122

Slow, fat, profane coach

would chew on my ear for hours

on quadrivium:

a halfback who tutored his

guards, tackles and center well.

“As The Worm Turns”

old, fat, and cold-slowed –

living a languid dirt life:

not me! nightcrawler!

 

“Three Sometimes Best” – Tanka 54

brain is a fat-hog

while my body craves the carbs,

and I go protein.

no wonder cookies-n-milk

can solve all the world’s problems!