It started like this:
We challenge @metrolosangeles to a transit poetry slam. Haikus only.
Your move, LA.
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Believe it or not There's a subway in LA (Transit, not sandwich)@metrolosangeles
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Accept our challenge Your silence is deafening NorCal is best Cal@metrolosangeles
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Then LA responded (after our "deafening silence"):
Metro palms kiss sun Tracks to sand, mountain, stars BART has hammer pants #transithaiku @SFBART
— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
And Metro fans chimed in:
@SFBART @metrolosangeles Trains are cleaner, Trips are way cheaper. LA's got you beat
— Jhon Arbelaez (@arbelaez_jhon) June 24, 2016
SF made it, misguidedly, about sports:
BART gives you a ride To your favorite football team What say you, Metro?#transithaiku #@metrolosangeles
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
Then #wewentthere:
Seventy-three wins This was your reality Yet no ring to show@SFBART #wewentthere
— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
Pied Piper Hooli Tech bros in Dolores Park We just chill and ride@SFBART
— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
They had a point with this one:
Scientology Won't save you from the traffic Ask John Travolta#transithaiku @metrolosangeles
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
New Yorkers can't sit with us:
Don't tell @MTA About the weather out here They can't sit with us#transithaiku @metrolosangeles — SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016
@SFBART +5 thetans!
— Metro (@metrolosangeles) June 24, 2016
And stay tuned for a Shakespearean sonnet battle to come:
Thanks for being a good sport @metrolosangeles. Next we shall do battle in Shakespearean sonnet! #ababcdcdefefgg #transitpoetry
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2016