A sad haiku

[sylvar]

A roll of quarters
once meant fun at the arcade,
not feeding meters.

Comments

[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

wonderful image!
i told you writing haikus
would be addictive.

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I only had trouble deciding how many syllables are in "hours".

[juniperpearls.livejournal.com]

I'm 99% sure it's a dipthong and one syllable.

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

I think it can be either, and in some dialects it's monophthongal fronted /a/. :)

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

...so I rewrote without it.