Slowly. We crawl from
Under the covers. Bed’s warm
Still. So we return.
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Copyright © 2010 Kenny Mah Ying Fye. Photography by Devil Wears Prada.
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errrm. was this haiku written from the perspective of a family of bedbugs?
especially since there seems to be nobody lying on the (surprisingly unstained) bed :P
Haiku!!! :D
King or Queen? ;)
@Sean: Now, why would the bed be stained? Ahem.
@Snow White: Haiku!!!
@Jemima: Queen, I believe. The bed, I mean. Ahem.
(Edit: Ran off and googled standard bed sizes and checked with our trusty tape measure – it’s a Super Queen, apparently.)
We used to have a Super King in our previous apartment and now that was fun – you roll on it for days and not fall off the edges, hehe.
Haiku morning? We really need to do naughty limerick mornings!
@Paul: Naughty limerick mornings? Now, that’s an idea, eh?
Hmm, Snow White? I remember some stuff we documented of you and your merry dwarves…
I just congratulated myself for having crawled out of bed relatively early this morning for a public holiday and then this? I cannot NOT head back there now!
@minchow: Oh, but your bed’s just the perfect temperature now, and the shape moulded perfectly to your body… how could you not return to such… perfection?
Hehe.
Mmmm. Stop making me think of bed! *starting to feel slothful urges*
@J the chocoholic: Oh we all have urges, my dear. Sometimes giving in to them might not be that bad an idea after all… Mmmm.
so this is “the” bed.
and is that a little black book i see?
i wouldn’t mind crawling back to my bed; or should i say futon.
@mr sekimachihato: Indeed, this is “the” bed, haha. Messy, innit?
And that’s a little black(-ish) book, but not “the” Little Black Book, if that’s what you’re wondering about.
Actually the 50th Anniversary Edition of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I finished Part One in Sabah, Part Two in the Cameron Highlands, and now am seeking a copy of Part Three: The Return of the King. After which, hopefully, another repeat marathon of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy (extended edition).
WE could all do the marathon in bed together, or in your futon, if that works, haha.
a potential sequel to this haiku might turn it into a cautionary tale about the consequences of returning to bed.
“Groggy. We wake up.
Check the time. EEEEEEEK! Six p.m.
We slept the whole day.”
(could this be a milestone in the annals of haiku-writing? the first use ever of the word “EEEEEEEK!” in haiku?) :D
p.s. u know the old peruvian proverb: ‘chaste soul makes clean bed.’ ergo, it’s unlikely that your bed would remain unsullied for very long :P
@Sean: Hmm. I think our sequel may ring closer to this:
“Your arm my pillow
Our twinning breaths aglow
In the dark we seek.”
I.e. So much fun we wouldn’t even wanna leave the comforts of the sheets. Hee.
And “EEEEEEEK!”? That’s gotta be a first. Er, bravo, my friend?
P.S. Let’s just say our laundry bill is not unsubstantial. Ahem.
yawn…ZZZzzz
i’m gonna learn how to do a 13 word post like that, oh yes i am!
@ciki: It’s very easy, my dear. All in the syllables – 5/7/5 – nothing more. Repeat after me now – 5/7/5 – and thou shall haiku galore!
mmm, didn’t realize you were a lord of the rings fan (filmed in my beloved country!)
Oh, and let’s do it in (on?) the futon. That way I won’t fall off if things get rough.
@mr sekimachihato: Oh I’m a total LotR-phile – read the entire trilogy and ‘The Hobbit’ as a kid, been re-reading the books almost every other year, watched the film trilogy as a full-day marathon in the theatres, etc.
Hurrah for the Kiwis! (And you can’t believe how glad I am that ‘The Hobbit’ will be filmed in NZ and not elsewhere. For a moment there, it looked like Peter Jackson & crew may have haul ass to Europe due to the actors union issue.)
And don’t worry about falling off, I’ll be gentle… at first, anyway. Ahem.
P.S. Oops. I meant “on the futon” in the original comment, not “in the futon”, haha.
Haikus are funny
If you can make them make sense.
I celebrate sleep!
@Michelle: Haikus are funny
They can be sublime too
Sleep celebrates ME!
I hope you guys do talk in bed besides sleep, read & AHEM! :P
I came back to share the link of a lovely poem “Talking in Bed” by Philip Larkin.
http://giron.itgo.com/Talking.htm
I especially like the last stanza, “It is difficult to find words at once true and kind or not untrue and not unkind. ” Maybe the best words are not untrue and not unkind, ya?
@jemima: Actually, we read a lot in bed, right before sleep. Not to each other, but our own books though we will occasionally murmur to each other.
Trick is quietly putting one’s book aside and slip into slumber before the other does, cos the last one to sleep has to switch off the lights! Hahaha…
And oh, I love Larkin. *runs off to read poem*
A question for you
about writing a haiku.
Do they have to rhyme?
@Michelle: What’s a rhyme, my friend
But an excuse to say
I, too, go your way?
Okay, now see? That’s what I mean by haikus being funny. And sometimes it takes quite a bit of mind-gymnastics for them to make sense. =p
@Michelle: Haha, I know what you mean. Maybe haikus are like a Wong Kar-Wai film – you just have to let go of trying to make sense of it all, and just enjoy the flow?
Works for me.
I like your sequel, but I’d change one word in each line. Like this:
“Your stealing my pillow
Our twinning breaths stink
In the dark we snore”
:D
P.S. You could probably slash that laundry bill if u cover your bedsheets with ripped-out magazine pages. I think that’s what Martha Stewart would say :P
All the dreams in the world float like constellations around the fixed centre of the Bed.
You reminded me of something I wrote a long, long time ago back in university when I was a little less cynical about life:
Rosemary Morning
Morning, the world’s oldest vaudeville act
brushes our bodies with warm fingers.
A tactile kiss.
Much like yours, the blur of your waking
rolling through like fog, your departure
synonymous with the hollow air after
that click of closing door.
Like Chinese ink on water, my dreams swirl and
merge, scented
rosemary like the herb sprig you
tucked last night
oh so gently into my hair.
ah! i love beds! especially my own! one of my hobbies is actually sleeping. can’t get enough of it!
i love going to bed after a long, warm shower and crawl under crispy clean sheets…mmm
@Sean: Amazing how a single word being substituted in every line could make such a big difference.
But you know what? Your haiku sorta rings true too! Hahaha…
Here’s another haiku to balas pantun with you:
“Which side of the bed
is the wrong side to wake up
from – how do we know?”
P.S. Would she? I guess we oughta start chanting this acronym-ic mantra: “WWMSD – What Would Martha Stewart Do?”
@Shuku: Lovely. Thanks for sharing your poem, dear.
Makes me wanna wake up surrounded by the scent of rosemary too (though that may well make me rather hungry for breakfast – for some wild mushrooms sautéed in red wine and rosemary).
*tummy makes hungry noises*
We should all be less cynical about Life – if that requires us being back to our university days, then let’s all take a walk back on campus grounds with sprigs of fragrant herbs in our hair!
May all our dreams float always like constellations, like satelites around the centre of our bed, of our sleeping, with our partners’ hands in ours, snoring gently till morning comes.
@luuworld: Hahaha, you crack me up, bro!
But seriously, isn’t sleeping EVERYBODY’s hobby? How could we get enough of it? There’s nothing like sinking into our own bed, swimming under the waves of freshly pressed clean sheets, the warmth radiating off our skin after a long, hot shower happily contrasting against the chill of a rainy afternoon…
Hmm, that’s a perfect Saturday for me – the work week is over and the weekend not yet – if only everyday was a perfect Saturday eh?
Ooh, I like Wong Kar-Wai films. =) And yesh, one very good way of enjoying his films (in bed, too!) is by simply forgetting about the making sense part, and enjoy the cinematography for its genius.
Right side of the bed
Might be left. As long as you do
Not step on the dog.
P.S. Martha the Industrious would NOT advocate getting back into bed after you’ve already gotten up! :D
@Michelle: Yay! Another WKW fan! When will you return to Malaysia? We oughta do a WKW marathon together – been looking to find enough kaki to host one.
Can you imagine watching the entire Days of Being Wild / In the Mood for Love / 2046 “trilogy” at a go? Oh the thought of it already is making me melt with pleasure…
All the Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung we can “eat” (with our eyes and imagination lah)… Yums.
@Sean: But what if I wake
On the right, and Devil’s left
Who’s right and who’s not?
P.S. Sure or not? I bet even Martha Stewart has a lazy bone in that sexy lil bod of hers somewhere… Hmm, Who Would Martha Stewart Snuggle Up In Bed With? (WWMSSUIBW)
Aiyo, Kenny! Donchu know I’m back in Malaysia already?
YAY for the WKW marathon idea. You’ve got one kaki right here! (Don’t mind if I bring my better half? You’ll have a pair of kaki then, and we can start walking.)
PS: *LOVES* In the Mood for Love.
@Michelle: No wor, I dinchnowor… Thought you were just visiting for a bit (based on your blog posts) like some of my friends who are back for their annual hols.
Totally kewl that you are back! We must gather more for this WKW marathon then. And yes, you must have both kaki so you can walk over. (That means do please bring your better half, hooray!)
P.S. I know what you mean. Just LOVES it, kan?
*beams, swoons, the whole she-bang of fawning verbs*
Left or right? Devil
May care. Just give him his due;
Be his advocate.
P.S. Perhaps Gordon Ramsay? :D
@Sean: Oooh. That’s a very, VERY good haiku. Something even Msiagirl would approve of, methinks.
Let’s see…
“Devil doesn’t read
The Advocate, you know. He
does read Men’s Uno.”
Okay, so maybe that’s more informative than clever, but I’m stuck in an all-day brainstorming session today so cut me some slack, okay?
Did you watch that, though? The Devil’s Advocate? I couldn’t remember whether Keanu Reeves was more wooden or Al Pacino was more camp… possibly they both cancelled each other out.
P.S. Oh, that WOULD be some love fest, wouldn’t it? Gordon and Martha? Bet that lil she-devil would rip him a new one than not. Hee.
men’s uno? i just googled that, and images of underwear photography popped up :P
“How does Devil choose?
Men’s Uno or FHM.
Might as well buy both?”
:D
i only had five hours of sleep last night, so my brain cells are also slowly dying. maybe my brain needs to be stormed too. though i’m not sure your bosses would approve of you writing haikus instead of focusing all your attention on the work at hand. :P
the main thing i remember about ‘the devil’s advocate’ is all the steamy scenes with keanu and charlize. yums :D
p.s. how about a threesome then? martha, gordon, and ermmm, donald trump? :P
@Sean: Really, underwear? I swear Devil reads it mostly for the articles. Ahem.
Also he isn’t called the Devil Wears Prada for nuthin’. It’s mostly a men’s fashion & lifestyle mag. Devil only reads the Taiwanese edition; less fluff.
That’s what he claims anyway. Ahem.
“To choose is to lose
Better to remain open
To any and all.”
Wait, are we still talking about magazines here? Err…
I’m haiku-ing during my lunch and tea breaks. It’s more re-energizing than power naps. Also, less noise pollution. (See snoring haiku above.)
Charlize? She ain’t steamy, she’s rather dreamy. Hehe.
P.S. That’s not a threesome; that’s an Axis Alliance or an unholy trinity! Eeks!
Earthy tones so warm
Like some burrow i snuggle
Come curl up and sleep
@Pureglutton:
Your invitation
Too fine not to accept, so
I come, curl up, sleep.
*winks*
Oooh, sorry, I just saw your comments. It’s sooo difficult to keep track of your happening comment box!
Yes, that was some awesomelicious partayyyy :)
I miss my seven dwarves…will there be a reprise to look forward to soon?
@Snow White: I know what you mean – sometimes I have to scroll for ages before finding the right comment, haha.
I guess that’s why the comments are like fine wine, meant to be enjoyed at a luxurious pace, and not gobbled up, haha.
And it was an awesomelicious partay! Would love to have one again soon! Woo hoo!
Yes, lets!! New Year’s Eve is just around the corner :D
@Snow White: Coolness. Now, my dear, will you be hosting? *winks winks*
I would be more than happy to :) This home needs some laughter and some squeals ;)
@Snow White: Oh I can promise you laughter… and if my fingers get naughty, I can definitely promise you some squeals too, haha. *winks*