Bob Dylan: Haiku 61 Revisited

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

My wife annoys me.
But drinking with these strangers
Annoys me much more.

The end of the world
Sweeps in on a haunting tune,
Rockin' and Rollin'

Catfish played baseball
And whooped Reggie Jackson bad.
Good southern Yankee.

Brakeman Casey Jones
Died while driving a freight train.
He complained a lot.

Some folks, they break up
And stay broke up. They carry
Torches; they're on fire!

Song about a girl
Sounds like Bob cribbed the plot from
A Graham Greene story.

Love her and leave her.
See how quickly a lover
Becomes a stalker.

Riding in his car
Means you have to handle a
Pretty stiff gearshift.

You date a loser.
He's pretentious. Why don't you
Come date me instead?

Happy birthday, Mr. Z!

You left long ago.
It took me years to find you.
What if I die now?

Muddy Waters says
You can't lose stuff you don't have.
Hell -- losing's losing.

Ex-outlaw, now cop.
A theme for a broken man,
Broken by the law!

Dylan as Elvis.
Don't be surprised, dear reader.
He's done this before.

You hurt me, haunt me.
You threw out our Christmas pie.
What's a Christmas pie?

To be candy man
Means you must be sweet to her.
Give her some sugar.

Boy takes girl to sea.
The captain takes her over.
Girl wins, boy loses.

She left him, all right,
Even the kids know she's gone.
But this dude abides.

Bob's girl's way out west,
But he's in New Jersey now.
He's lonely, of course.

Four songs in one, while
Bob jokes about the weather
In San Francisco.