I do not yet know/
when I’ll venture out and go/
eating gelato.

OR

I do not yet know/
when I’ll enjoy gelato./
Mi andiamo!

If you change your mind
any time,
and you want to dine
on the lawn,
in the sun,
that would be fun.
Or I could still see ya
at IKEA.

I want to let go/
completely, but until you /
say ok, I can’t.

OR

I want to be in/
completely, but until you /
say ok, I can’t.

You trapped at a desk,/
I must confess, is reason/
to send the season.

Even her daughters/
fin’lly like me. Why can’t she/
eventually?

OR

Even her daughters/
finally like me. Will she,/
eventually?

Do we yet hope for/
a new amazing? Or are/
we too tired to fight?

OR

Do we hope for a/
new amazing? Or are we/
just too tired to fight?

I’m tired of trying/
to convince folks to like me./
To cave is not Dave.

Asking a nouveau/
haute cuisine restauranteur /
to dinner is weird.

OR (at a gourmet reader’s suggestion)
Asking haute nouveau/
cuisine restauranteurs to /
dine could be sav’ry.
(OR)
… could be tasty.
(OR)
… could be scrumptious!
(OR)
… could be yummy!
(OR)
… could be zesty!
(OR)
… could be delish.
(OR)
… could be trouble.
(OR)
… could be a start.
(OR)
… could be spicy.
(OR)
… could be funny.
(OR)
… could clean my plate.
(OR)
… could be 김치.
(OR)
… could be ______________ (submit your own suggestions!)

To apologize/
for running away is her,/
not my, emotion.

She said “I can let/
myself out,” not “You don’t have/
to get out.” I goofed.

Note: Actually, when we talked about it a few minutes after writing this haiku, I discovered she did say: “You don’t have/
to get out.” Ouch.

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