She turns to me and
Hobbled teeth lost in pockets
She loves me, she loves…
Red light snow ashes
Tea kettles sing burlesque blues
Remove shoes at door.
A shot of prune juice
Cardboard man with a full deck
Dusty vinyl skips.
Orange marmalade
She rolls down her socks for toast
Forget Me Not blooms.
Chatty dentures man
Weeping whiskers and a tan
Half off the sale price.
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Could you explain the last line?
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“Chatty dentures” indicates that the man is talkative but insubstantial. His words are the semblance of real words, just like dentures are the semblance of real teeth. His words can be taken out and discarded, just like dentures. “Weeping whiskers” indicates melodrama. It is ostentatious weeping for the sake of being noticed. He is fake and showy, which is also indicated by his tan. Once we see that the man in this haiku is in essence a melodramatic and talkative fraud, we see that this showman is “half off the sale price.” Everything about him is puffery meant to sell you something, and his puffery is worth less than even the sale price.
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I was wondering what the half off the sale price meant… Damn that makes sense now. Thank you for taking the time for little old me
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