From Alan Spence’s Glasgow Zen, versions of haiku by Issa:
wid ye lookit
the state ae it –
me in ma new jaicket!
fling doon crumbs
the sparras start fightin –
ye canny win!
poor auld bugger
beggin in the rain
for a few bob –
sorry pal, ah’m skint tae
notsokrates 
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