Face waxing

In a misguided
effort I peeled off half my
face and left the hair.

Lieutenant of Inishmore

Bloody mess of a
play that has you laughing at
clots of gore and death.

Meaning lessons: 3 views of two words overheard

“Meaning glistens.” Or
“meaning listens.” Or perhaps
it’s “meaning lessens.”

Tree falls in the forest analogy

I stop posting in
the blogosphere.  No one reads
me. Do I exist?

No commitments

Nothing pleases me.
Time I don’t have to account for.
A blank calendar.

Free at last

Today was her last
day on a job I said ‘don’t
quit’ two years ago.

Time to start supper

Some people like to
cook. Then there’s me who dreads that
thing called dinner hour.

Why I started again

“Have you been writing
your haiku journal?” he asked.
You read. You know ‘no.’

Joys of fur children

With short hair he looks
like a grey human baby.
He’ll never talk back.

Undone

Intention shines high
above like a star I see
and dream of reaching.