key

b = have it both ways
n = not a haiku
t = two or three poems as a group
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15 (n)

kingfisher backyard
likes the saltwater lagoon
no beer for malarials

16

small birds like compost
gulab jamun thrown backyard
where are you rodents?

17

one day in future
i will floss every day
for at least one day

18 (b)

liberian map
has U. S. holidays to
fancy that [, big nose!]

19

little white circles
have few littler red circles
it means i will live

20 (t)

chinese clinic
but black clinician
=
no fortune cookie

i dont want to live (only)
i want to be told
i will propser

whitesugar whiteflour whiteeggs
so it's not like
i could have eaten
that cookie
anyhow.