First boyfriend breakup

She didn’t want to
hold his hand, watch him eat bread
sloppily. The end.

Hoarders

Invested with deep
meaning, treasures buried by
trash. Dust, dirt their shroud.

Ugly photo

She keeps it displayed
to remind herself that once
she didn’t know it

Not among the 6%

“Let’s go to the beach!”
One kid, online, shrugs as the
other keeps texting.

“In a typical week, only 6 percent of children ages nine to thirteen play outside on their own.”
from The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger

Prom group

She can’t stand her. He’s
her ex, so don’t include them.
Can’t we go alone?

Online life on the line

He sent sensitive
documents to a stranger
thinking it was me.

Laptop

An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.

What a bargain

Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.

Sexist comment from an unlikely source

haiku from Trisha who was there

Gay flight attendant
Shares gender stereotype
Astounds passengers

Back pain

Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.