Sixteen year old girls
draped over couches look like
angels downed mid-flight.
Crashed
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Category Archives: detritus
Teenagers
Umbilical cord
cut they grow reattached to
digital cable.
Sleepover
Popcorn caffeine for
the friend whose mom is dying
comfort food TV.
Midnight
Home from the party
they’re luminous like fireflies
settling down to sleep.
The director at 17
Their lives loves failures
all source material for
future film projects.
Last time
Couplings and breakups
compelled by senior year some
begin others end.
Garage sale 2
They never read much.
When offered ten bucks for all
their books, they sold out.
Garage sale
Drive two hours to help
two elderly parents sort
their life, then price it.
a haiku a day 