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Running on at the mouth: a haiku trio

December 23, 2005 by Dr. S

when I was a child
my mother imagined me
as a mouth on feet


did she intuit
this thing that is still the case
for the adult me?

sometimes I talk too
much in the hopes that others
will think I'm super

source for today's image: Zymetrical (you can get a quantity discount!).

December 23, 2005 /Dr. S
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