BART vs. LA Metro's Haiku Battle

In a news story so unbelievable that the most straightforward headline is still eye-catching ("SF BART and LA METRO Got Into a Haiku Battle on Twitter"), San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority's Twitter accounts were aflame last Friday with... haiku. More via UpOut:

Oh, SF BART Twitter account—back at it again with the going rogue. This time, instead of getting real with folks on the platform, they decided to have a little fun with the Los Angeles Metro account, challenging them to a full-on haiku battle on Twitter this past Friday.

It all started with an innocuous tweet featuring a short BART haiku, which SF BART responded to with their usual somber reality check.

Then, they decided to turn this random happenstance tweet into a more playful event: a haiku battle.

SF BART led the charge.

CAN YOU HANDLE IT? Read more at UpOut.