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 I have been trying

 To write a haiku for you

 Some things I just can’t do

 Maybe you’re beyond

 Ancient asian poetry

 Or maybe it’s just me

 I have been trying

 To get this haiku just right all night

 For you; alright I’m through

 Maybe this poem

 Was lost in the sauce we spilled

 That never got refilled

 I’ve never thought much

 Of formulaic verse anyway

 And rhymes are not my forte

 I have been trying

 To get this haiku just right all night

 For you; alright I’m through

Chorus

I’m trying not to try too hard

 But you’re hard to write down right

So I pen these tried attempts

 At haikus for you tonight

Solo

 Lah dah dee diddum

 Lah dah dee doom doo ditto

 Dum doo lah dee doh

 There, that’s sufficient

 I wrote a haiku for you

 Well I tried at least, and that’s not so bad

 I’m working here; can that be said for you

Chorus

I’m trying not to try too hard

 But you’re hard to write down right

So I pen these tried attempts

 At haikus for you tonight

Words don’t work like Webster says

 They trip me up all night

I’m just trying to write for you

 But you’re hard to write down right