A haiku for Mitt

There are different ways of looking at Mitt’s departure. And when I say different, I mean different. The WSJ has a blog that’s kept count on how many lawyers there were in the race, and has been striking them off the list one by one. (I called it up because the headline, "Mitt Romney (Harvard Law ‘75) Suspends Campaign," seemed an odd thing to be stressing at this moment.)

But what’s odder still is that this "Law Blog" has invited readers to submit haiku about each lawyer-candidate who has dropped out. Some samples:

Pony with one trick,
Don’t forget Nine Eleven,
Nine Eleven’s it.

They called him “tortoise”
But now the man with no hair
Has got out of ours

They call the form "bye-ku." Here’s my first attempt at one for Mitt:

French cuffs, perfect coif
He offered a ‘turnaround’
We didn’t want one

I’m sure you can do better. And no, I don’t know offhand whether he actually does wear French cuffs. Want to see my literary license?

7 thoughts on “A haiku for Mitt”

  2. SC Conservative

    Sorry,
    Nothing rhymes with “conservative” and neither do any of the remaining candidates
    The End

  3. Brad Warthen

    How about "preservative?"

    Take preservative,
    apply plenty to your hair:
    You’re conservative!

    Dang it, you tricked me! Haiku don’t rhyme!

    The rain in Spain falls mainly on McCain.

  4. Mattheus Mei

    Romney quit race now
    Conservative flip flop gone
    Darned Baptist Preacher
    Robot is no more
    Sam Waterston my hero
    no need insurance
    Can Haiku have verses?

  5. weldon VII

    Here, with apologies to Don Henley, is a snippet of why oh why ku:
    Kick ’em when they’re up,
    Kick ’em when they’re down,
    Especially when they’re down.
    And thus dress your beloved
    In dirty laundry.

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