The Fish Hack is always looking to add a little class to The Fish Wrap, and often the best way to do that is to stay away.

But not today. The Hack is really feeling it. Still alive with Ohio State in the NCAA gamble-fest, looking to add a couple Benjamins to the wallet. So there’s no Monday Moanin’ here.

In fact, the Hack is so pumped about Monday that I’m feeling down-right poetic.

What a great time to start Haiku Monday.

That’s right. Three-line poems popular in Japan and just obscure enough here to keep The Hack’s interest. Five syllables, then seven syllables followed by five syllables. All one theme. Just like this:

The first line is five
And the next takes seven beats.
It’s your first haiku.

No heavy lifting required. Hell, not even rhyming is required.

Ain’t Rocket Science;
Not even brain surgery:
It’s just a Haiku.

Mondays from now on will be all about Bustin’ Rhymes.

Monday hangover:
When your brain begs for mercy
Yet gets no reprieve.

I’ll pop off a few, and you Fish Hack wannabes can weigh in with your own. Best reader Haiku of the week wins some sort of office supply from The Fish Hack’s desk.

He stares at the screen
Hoping words fly onto it:
How Hack writes haikus.

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