It happens over
coffee, one stunned, the other
already elsewhere.
Ending
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It happens over
coffee, one stunned, the other
already elsewhere.
Category Archives: loss
Realization
She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.
Facebook status after the breakup
“There’s always rain at
the most appropriate times
in my life,” he wrote.
Out of wedlock
for S.
Without a ring she’s
uncertain, the baby no
guarantee he’ll stay.
Not in polite company
She talks of threesomes,
abortions, things her mother-
in-law would faint at.
Surviving St. Patrick’s Day
for Cathy
Too sick for green beer
she stayed home, watched bad films of
leprechaun horror.
Inside the doctor’s exam room
Either it’s a loud
HVAC system or
white noise to mask fear.
Hoarders
Invested with deep
meaning, treasures buried by
trash. Dust, dirt their shroud.
Corey Haim
When Robert Frost wrote
“Nothing gold can stay,” he could
have described child stars.
Fishbowl
Bored orange nibbles
away black’s filmy fins. Sad
stubs flail lost beauty.
a haiku a day 