The bills brought nothing
but continued frustration
at the bleeding purse.
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the bills
haiku for 6/27/19
Quotes
a domestic dispute
haiku for 6/26/19
Nothing to see here.
No frightened children, no wife
in overwrought tears.
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invisible harmony
haiku for 6/25/19
We see the pattern,
and it cannot be unseen.
From chaos, order.
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southern state of mind
haiku for 6/24/19
Can’t be captured in
lame sweet tea homilies and
down home duncery.
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beepless for a while
haiku for 6/23/19
The unmoored feeling
of discovering your phone
is nowhere nearby.
• • •
the #metoo era
haiku for 6/22/19
Same old rapists, just
more visible, defiant
and traumatizing.
• • •
not quite quiet
haiku for 6/20/19
The chirping bugs, the
hum of the AC, the soft
rustle of the wind.
• • •
doorstep detente
haiku for 6/19/19
sandwiches of times past
haiku for 6/18/19
That perfect reuben
haunts my foodie dreams as I
starve with ham-on-why.
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a mighty fall
haiku for 6/17/19
Chainsaws carve up the
remains of a giant oak
into stubby logs.
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