7 Punk Haiku

Their world is shrinking
but as they dance the dollar’s falling.
Do you love me?

Their world is shrinking
but as they dance the dollar’s falling.
Do you love me?

— Gill / King


The areas where the water flowed,
so petrified
the landscape grows.

The areas where the water flowed,
so petrified
the landscape grows.

— Lewis / Newman / Gilbert


Infatuated by madness
I danced in flames
and drunk in the depth of love.

Infatuated by madness
I danced in flames
and drunk in the depth of love.

— Albertine / Pollitt / Forster / Romero


Fuck this and fuck that
fuck it all and
fuck a fucking brat.

Fuck this and fuck that
fuck it all and
fuck a fucking brat.

— Rotten / Jones / Vicious / Cook


I wrenched the nylon curtains back
as far as they would go
and peered through perspex window panes.

I wrenched the nylon curtains back
as far as they would go
and peered through perspex window panes.

— Styrene


Down in the playground, the hot concrete,
bus ride is too slow.
They blast out the disco on the radio.

Down in the playground, the hot concrete,
bus ride is too slow.
They blast out the disco on the radio.

— Ramone / Ramone / Ramone / Ramone


Machines disregard my problems.
I am defeated,
I am the cool damp clay.

Machines disregard my problems.
I am defeated,
I am the cool damp clay.

— Watt