FROM: Mouse of Zen Monday Published Mondays
Mickey Crumbs [Mickey May #3]
So far this month, we've had wisps of Mickey and tears of Mickey, then we got the big Mickey chill, and now we'll seek the Mouse on the lips of a child. JB Conway has an eye for the profound even when what he's looking at is there to be wiped away.
The haiku theme for this month is Mickey May. Each week, JB Conway will evoke the Mouse in haiku. Maybe classic Mickey, maybe Sorceror Mickey, maybe Mickey in a manner unimagined.
Are you ready, kids?
Crumbs.
Crumbs left behind from a Mickey bar, not the frozen kind, but rather the crunchy kind.
What's the big deal about crumbs?
Well, first, they're Mickey crumbs, and second, they're the remnants of happiness, the simple kind of happiness that comes so easy to children, so hard to everyone else.
They're the crumbs stuck to the lips of a child who looks up at you, smiling, thankful for the treat, and eager for whatever comes next.
Treasure those fleeting seconds!
If you haven't bought JB's book, Mouse of Zen, and yet you come here each week to read his haikus, why do you torture yourself? Are you a masochist? (Or maybe a mouseochist?) Don't you know you can get all the haikus at once? In the book!
More: MOUSE OF ZEN MONDAY
Stuff Not to Skip
- Mouse of Zen
http://www.mouseofzen.com - Mouse of Zen on Lulu
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/mouse-of-zen/12190364 - Mouse of Zen on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Zen-J-B-Conway/dp/0557242703 - Frontierland on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontierland