Mr. Id Calling Hy Koo

Time crawls; no theme emerges. Precise words, searing images, elude Mr. Id. Will three paragraphs be enough?

Japanese poets berate American doppelganger. "If 17 words overwhelm you, try syllables."  Mr. Id concedes his verbosity.

Then: Inspiration, like lightning, strikes. Cliches ("lightning strikes"), puns, ephemera can suffice. Five, seven, five must remain.