Wednesday, April 27, 2011

haiku.

i just saw a news article today about a 19-year-old girl who staged a hunger strike, in hopes of receiving an invitation to the royal wedding. the good news is, estibalis chavez ended her 16-day fast, after receiving a plane ticket to london from a sympathetic benefactor. the bad news is, chavez "is now in spain with little cash, even less time, but plenty of determination to get to london for the big event on friday." {alicia leon | reuters}

view the entire reuters article here.

and now a thoughtfully prepared haiku poem. {i haven't composed one of these since elementary school, so forgive my amateur skills.}

royal wedding dreams

hunger strike in mexico

she won’t give up hope


fairy tale come true

now in spain with little cash

will she make it there?


joking aside, of all things to starve yourself over, this girl chooses the royal wedding. frankly, i find that disgusting. not receiving an invitation to the wedding of prince william and kate middleton is in no way comparable to some of the terrible injustices of this world. children starving to death in third world countries. hiv/aids epidemic in africa. the list goes on...