Haiku for the Winter Solstice

Lots of lousy gifts.

Hanukah may be eight nights,

but it ain't Christmas

The house wreaks for days

hours degreasing the kitchen

but we love latkes.

I'm tired of tapas.

Tiny plates with wee portions

I resent sharing.

Endless long lines for

Black Friday sales and I-Phones

but never to vote.

All Trump, all the time

Fans loud but not that many

Hillary blissed out.

Weight Watcher's change up

reduces sugar and carbs.

Armed insurrection.

Dog catches latka.

when parents applaud wildly

The kid rolls his eyes

PhD husband.

Sets the table each night with

glass on the wrong side.

Developmental?

Twenty somethings can't pick up

beer bottles or shoes.

Bye bye to the drought?

El Nino is on the way!

Got flood insurance?

Only old crackpots

answer a landline and talk

when a pollster calls

Does terrorism

not apply to shooting up

a Planned Parenthood?

Bard memory class:

Great medical advancements,

but I forget them.

Here in Echo Park,

man bun, rescue dog, baby.

Hipster credentials.

Leave a single sheet

instead of changing the roll?

You're still an asshole.

Burly tattooed dude

out walking a chihuahua

in a pink sweater.