Aye Coo

It was meant to be an experiment and a bit of fun, that's all, but how many times do we do things that get completely out of hand? Well, I do, far too often.

I knew Esperanto was designed to make communication easier between people, and I said to our group why don't we just communicate in haiku from now on, well, not really haiku, but more like Senryū (川柳). Actually, what I said was:

Just An Idea

Let's All Only Talk Haiku

Now, Going Forward

Everyone looked perplexed at first, then someone said:

You Must Be Joking

What A Stupid Idea

You Are Fucking Mad

That was where it started. It was only meant to be a bit of fun, but it slowly started to take hold, and no one wanted to be the first not to speak in haiku.

Another said:

Why Did You Do This?

You've Made Communication

Living Hell For Us

I replied

I Thought It Would Be

Interesting And Good Fun

For All Of The Gang

I was in this now, and they were not going to let me out of it.

You Deserve To Be

Despised For Being Stupid

We Won't Let It Go

I thought about what I was going to say, and whether they would still be speaking in haiku when I wasn't there?

So, Are You Only

Speaking To Me In Haiku?

Or Everyone Else?

I got an immediate reply.

Haiku Is The New

Language. You Know You Said So

Didn't You, Moron!

So I came back:

But Seriously

We Can't Keep Speaking Like This

Forever, Can We?

Then they came back:

You Started This Off

And Now You Are Complaining

We're All In The Groove

Every statement was a haiku, and every statement seemed to make everyone just a little more annoyed, but no one was willing to be the first to stop.

Come On Now, Enough

Now Let's go Back To Normal

And Stop This Haiku

💥

No Way, You're Speaking

Haiku Still. We Will Not Crack

You Stop Your Haiku

I was never going to be the first to give it up. Yes, I had started it, but I would not stop until one of them dropped out first, but we were all as bad as each other and would not give it up.

Even the silence was annoying because we all knew that the next words uttered would be in the form of a haiku. Someone needed to say, "OK, I'm Out" but it was not going to be me, no way.

Seriously, I did not think this would get past a first sentence, but it had gone on for hours and showed no signs of abating.

What an absolute mess and it was all my fault. It's nobody's fault but mine.

I Won't Be The First

To Cease Speaking This Haiku

'T'will Have To Be You

It had started off as a joke, as a bit of fun, but even after an hour, it was intolerable, and for some reason, no one could stop. I made a suggestion:

Should We Stop Haiku

And Maybe Speak In Sonnets

It Would Be A Change

They seemed determined to keep speaking haiku, though:

Even More Stupid

Than Haiku, You Idiot

We Will Never Change

Well, whether they would or not, I would have to wait and see. I would not be the first one to crack, but the situation had gone from fun and rapidly descended into a communicative mess.

I had completely messed this up with my suggestion, and with every interjection made things worse.

I am the mess.