Mouse of Zen Monday

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A haiku is a highly structured poetic snippet consisting of three short phrases that together should trigger an image in your mind. You won't find haikus at Disney. You will find haikus about Disney every Monday on the Disney Dispatch written by JB Conway, author of the well-regarded book, Mouse of Zen, which of course is full of Disney haikus. What better way to step into your Disney week!

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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.

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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!

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