Ecuador

Presidential run
Not for office, but for life
That sounds about right

There are few things Ecuadorians like more than a good revolution. No, that’s not true at all; there's few things Ecuadorians like more than cheap aguardiente. That's the ticket. Ecuador generally gets a President who embezzles IMF and World Bank loans until people get fed up and send them fleeing for their life. Then they spend the next three years arguing with the IMF and World Bank over how much of the stolen bounty they must amortize. I tend to blame the fact that the majority of the upper political echelon tend to be educated in American Universities. That and the fact the IMF and World Bank continue to give the money to the President rather than distributing in generally to the areas of the economy to which the aid is intended. It's a bit like the Simpson’s episode where Burns, Simpson, and Smithers go to Cuba with the "Trillion dollar bill". They meet with Castro and he asks to see the bill, Burns is reluctant, but Homer comments, "If you can't trust the president of Cuba who can you trust?" So he hands it to him, then asks, "Can I get the Trillion dollar bill back?" and Castro says, "What Trillion dollar bill?" Then Burns says, “Oh” and looks down dejectedly. It's like that only the IMF and World Bank continue to do it over, and over, and over, and over... It's almost like they prefer it like that for some deeper nefarious reason...

Bar Scene

I'm not diseased
But I see you're ill at ease
Go now if you please

Sometimes you just can't win

Meet for Drinks

Vomit lines the street
Holes from where we met for drinks
We'll not remember

The Job Search

I graduated,
I'm ready to work for you.
-Sorry the job's tak'n

But I will work hard
70 hours per week, okay?
-You must be mistak'n

-Market, as it is
-You can't get in the biz
-Go swallow some jiz

Here the unmarked lines denote the job searcher, while the lines beginning with a dash denote an employer on the odd occasion they just don't ignore a job application. I should point out it is also rare that an employer will give you any advice, and "employer" is used in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Old Friends

I taunt Nick again;
I grin, he weeps and sleeps,
Colic or frolic?

This a haiku I wrote for one of my dear/close/old/great friends "Nick", he was so taken by it he posted it on his own website, www.kidaz.blogspot.com, I've since begun litigation against him for doing so. After the court case, I'm sure we'll be back to being friends.

Soccer

A high slide tackle
A header past the goalie
Pele would be proud

Prague

Bill wants to get fruit
Spence is looking for hookers
I'm drunk on absinthe

Sadly these three lines, a mere 17 syllables pretty much sums up an entire trip, and my whole conception of both Prague and Eastern Europe in general, which is not to say it isn't a positive impression.