Trapped at home or out
and about. Exercising
or sitting for days.
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degrees of living
haiku for 4/9/2026
in the waiting room
haiku for 4/8/2026
Cramped quarters, wrinkled
magazines, dispenser for
coffee, live patients.
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walking the subdivision
haiku for 4/7/2026
Exploring the nooks
and crannies by day via
the sidewalk express.
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the korean mcdonald’s
haiku for 4/6/2026
Where the neighborhood
gathers for cheap coffee and
assorted gossip.
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forever frugal
haiku for 4/5/2026
There’s cheap, and then there’s
”never-buy-anything-new-
and-stick-with-it” cheap.
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fickle memories
haiku for 4/4/2026
What you remember
and what I remember are
two different things.
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the invasion of private equity
haiku for 4/3/2026
1. Buy company.
2. Squeeze out all the money.
3. Discard at will.
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ship of theseus
haiku for 4/2/2026
Plank by plank, nail by
nail materializes
a new (and old) boat.
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a cry in the night
haiku for 4/1/2026
He would toss himself
awake in the wee hours when
having a nightmare.
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quarter by quarter
haiku for 3/31/2026
Make the line go up.
Cut the peons from their jobs.
Collect a bonus.
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