Sometimes when
no one else is home, when
the cat sleeps in the sun, when
the dog next door is distracted, when
not postal carrier nor evangelist will ring the bell, when
I am absolutely certain that I am absolutely going to be alone, when
all that happens sometimes I turn up the music,
dance through the living room, pretend
to be the me who succeeded.
Month: October 2013
Haiku: Internet Outage
Steel crushes buried
lines. Technology fails. Rain
breaks on the city.
Haiku 10.15
Autumn snaps cold leaves
into red and yellow coats.
Cooks pluck at foi gras.
Haiku – Time Theory
one moment reflects
off Higgs boson — the crowded
universe repeats
Haiku 10.9
one long welt rises
bloody purple on dark skies —
cat grooms by the door
Haiku 10.8
Tea kettles burble
in gray cubicles. Crisp winds
face palm the window.
Haiku 10.6
Rain patta-pat-pats
on the maple — tabby hides
in sheltering leaves
Haiku 10.2
Feet rush down porch steps
before dawn — sleepy light switch
click clicks in the dark