one haiku
in the palm -- three lines
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one haiku in the palm three lines print, print, print
procession against the moonlight wisps of cloud
procession against the moonlight wisps of cloud
siren wail the disquiet passing lights festive
siren wail the disquiet passing lights festive
indistinct shushing, leaves scatter boughs bending
indistinct
shushing, leaves scatter
boughs bending Mile Zero
AC/DC blasting we drive a stolen car for the reservation legal bottle rockets but at every stop find shops closed for Sunday's rest Despite this we drive on through the dry New Mexico spring slumped in the wide back seat while stunted evergreens sweep back into the sand-colored scenery until at MILE 0 we turn back No one else notices that green marker among the weeds nor would they care One highway opens; the other disappears
winter down smoothed and unfolded to air
winter down
smoothed and unfolded
to airAllegory of the Wasp
Beyond the window shade, shadows
shift, shapes bend
Sting, antennae, wing veins, twitching
abdomen
I try to decide on which side
the wasp crawls
Its silhouette slips as it flips
through a hole
On the screen
the wasp draws itself
awkward linesstring weathered silver tone clattered cylinders
string weathered
silver tone clattered
cylindersa palm strand yellowing, untwisted cattail lines
a palm strand
yellowing, untwisted
cattail linesbrick lay flat brighter and torn from under
brick lay flat
brighter and torn
from under