Chain, chain, chain, chain of haiku fools

Haiku are on special today, here's a two-fer:

Somehow I couldn't
help but admire the zombie --
beatific with brains.

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Somehow I couldn't
unswallow the key to my
own lost forgiveness.

beatific with brains
black, blonde, brunette, deep dark red
first impression jumped

first impression jumped
before my mouth could speak up
our eyes said it all

our eyes said it all
we were going nowhere fast
in this pain parade

in this pale parade
dancer's dream through the hot house
aisle of fleshy lust

I totally blame you B.D Eyeslie.


Aisle of fleshy lust,
Risqué "items" and movies,
This is a toy store?

This is a toy store?
An ambulance for weebles
warbles cheerfully.

warbles cheerfully
amid the human torment
and the summer rain

and the summer rain
cleanses my outer layers
but not so my heart

But not so my heart
bursts from its roost as twilight
crows speckle the sky.

crows speckle the sky
wings flap as if on fire
they cry out in pain

they cry out in pain
spring has played its dirty trick
frozen are their toes

frozen are their toes
this unforgiving tundra
takes no prisoners

Takes no prisoners
to fill a bar full of sods
chained fast to their stools.

chained fast to their stools
the toads still have one more toast
then home to the pad

then home to the pad
tip the driver a tenner
and so to dreamland

And so to dreamland
I bid a sleepy adieu,
alarmed and askew.

Alarmed and askew
I heard a bang in the night
It was just the cat.

It was just the cat
and not the spirit of doom
the darkness lingers

The darkness lingers;
where do these eyes nightly roam
for their black cradle?

For their black cradle,
Is endless and without sound,
Where the starlight sleeps.

Where the starlight sleeps
my pride stumbles in the night
my fear burns a lamp

My fear burns a lamp
as my heart's greasy tallow
congeals into light.

congeals into light
the pool of make-believe tears
pushing me away

Pushing me away,
the silence of remembrance
keeps its peace today.