The new furnace kicks
on, and I rise to the warmth
like yeast bread baking.
Cozy
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
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.
Deadline
Some days it feels like
all I do is sit on this
couch and write for hours.
J’s collapse
Home sick, she lies in
bed, stomach queasy, still in
her day-before clothes.
Trick or treat 2
Halloween spirit
eludes me, like the ghost of
someone I once loved.
Procrastination – Already too small
It took eight weeks to
wrap the baby outfit and
give it to the dad.
$600 bargain
Ben liked the armoire
worth $12,000 I
paid a fraction for.
a haiku a day 