Temp-temp-temptation

To be honest, I am completely disappointed with the "I Saw U" ads placed in The Mercury the past several months. I mean, you only get, what, forty words to entice a stranger into contacting you? The average ad reads along the lines of, "You were on the #15 bus. I like your sweater. Want to get a drink?" There is so much wooing potential in forty words! Wasted!

I want to start an "I Saw U" revolution. I want them to read more like poetry.
In fact, I want them to be poetry.
I'm starting the "I Saw U" haiku movement.

Currently I am considering writing to the gay boy at the bagel shop, the checker at Trader Joe's who also thinks that bagging groceries is like playing Tetris, or the ice skating Jack Black lookalike with the giant green foam cowboy hat. Not because I want a romantic encounter with any of them (I've renounced dating in my pursuit of adventure, after all), but because I think it will be fun.

And if you write an "I Saw U" haiku, you can be part of the revolution, too!