Domesticated Eve

An apple, as red
as it is crisp, awaits on
the blue floral plate.

Gavotte

This is the dance in
side my head. No two left feet.
Only thoughts, spinning.

Can’t sleep 8

I must be up in
five hours. It’s like walking a
tightrope…or knife edge.

Trick or treat 3

Argued over what
candy to buy. She wanted
KitKats. Blow Pops won.

Porcelain serenity

Only quiet time
to read tea ceremony
book is in bathroom.

Cozy

The new furnace kicks
on, and I rise to the warmth
like yeast bread baking.

Haiku journal

My small gift to my
self – a few words at the end
of a busy day.

Dead tired

Every night I
play Russian Roulette with sleep
instead of bullets.

Can’t sleep 7

I said I’d be in
bed by ten. Then midnight. Now
it’s one. How ’bout three?

Boob tube

I lock the TV
behind the armoire doors so
I can get work done.