Peatworthy Abstention Clerk

Haikus

You are not here now
But your dues were paid last year
Quorum has been reached

Casserole still counts
Institutional memory
Counts the ghost as one

Steward of the dead
They still serve committee roles
Meeting can begin

Dead for fifteen years
But he made a casserole
He votes yes today

Two clerks are not here
But their dues are fully paid
Quorum is resolved

The slip must be moved
To the other meeting hall
Or the world will end

Just mark any name
The bodies do not matter
Paper makes the crowd

The clerk reads the name
A dead man signs the paper
Quorum is achieved

The ghost votes again
We count him twice for respect
Human fails to die

A plaque in the hall
Proves the chairman is alive
Luncheon is approved