If you thought the nonsense with the GSA was insane, now we have upper level EPA executives writing haiku.
Over at EPA’s blog, they’re promoting “Six Words for the Planet.”
By Jessica Orquina
Have you heard of six-word essays or flash fiction? It’s a unique genre of writing that focuses on sharing a meaningful story or idea in just six words. The idea of very short stories began before the digital age, but has begun to thrive recently as people share their stories via social networks. Six-word essays recently came to my attention and I thought it would a great way to celebrate the environment.
Today at EPA, we are launching the Six Words for the Planet project in partnership withSMITH Magazine. To start off I wanted to share a few six-word essays written by my coworkers and me here at EPA.
Here are my Six Words for the Planet:
Many nations. One planet. Our home.
Here are six-word essays about the environment written by my fellow EPA employees:
Healthier families, cleaner communities, stronger America.
Lisa P Jackson, EPA Administrator
Breathe; A moment in nature. Breathe!
Danny
Our only. Our one. Home planet.
Jeanethe
(Yes, yes I know, not really Haiku, but it’s close enough for government work.)
So while the EPA is busily ramming business killing regulation after business killing regulation down our throat the director is spending her time writing poetry.
You know the level of navel gazing here is not only somehow apropos, but probably a better use of their time than doing their jobs.
Oh, my six words:
EPA nitwits, contemplate navel, Rome burns
From my friend Kate, says it sums them up rather nicely:
Screw the USA, I’ve got mine.
One Earth?
Others Wait Their Turn.
One Earth?
The Stars My Destination!
Fragile Basket.
Move eggs to others.
Our Solar System: Jupiter plus Debris.
You get the idea.
Here’s mine:
WTF is up with the EPA?
Trees and
oceans and
stuff – supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
We are spending money on this?
“EPA nitwits, contemplate navel, Rome burns”
10+ Patrick!
Righteously
Save Gaia
by Killing Industry.
More regulations.
Absolute power
Corrupts absolutely.
EPA meddlers
November’s coming
Start packing
Bureaucratic twits destroy the American dream.
Or, if you like alliteration…
–Noxious nannies noodle new nonstop nonsense.
–Limousine liberal losers like limiting liberty.
Unelected unaccountable busybodies spewing regulations unchecked !
No food, no money, no hope.
Not the change we hoped for.
What the F#$K over and out.
The most scary words
Ever heard by taxpayers
We’re from the government and we’re here to help.
A load of crap is not necessarily compost.
We’re the ones we’ve waited for.
“Have you heard of six-word essays”
No. This is the problem right off the bat. An essay is an exploration of a topic, an idea. It is designed to be short, but not at six words. If you want to create a six word poem then call it a six word poem, do not call it an essay. Yeesh.
Stupid contest wast4es money. You’re fired.