Long layover, Part 1: Queen City Kitchen

How long can I sit
nursing a small coffee ’til
I’m kicked to the curb?

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Travel itinerary

I draft spreadsheets, each
detail a talismanic
ward of protection.

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Fearful flyer

tomorrow between
Chicago Phoenix I’ll be
a dot in the sky

Adventure

Too old for pick up
and go – live in the moment
shit, but…what the hell.

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Interview

Hear myself rambling
on, using sixty words when
six would do, and cringe.

Agoraphobia

Inside ease comfort
outside unpredictable
so hard that first step.

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Poor business decision

I quit my job to
work on my haiku blog. Chance
of millions, slim / none.

On cutting off long hair

Strands layered, length chopped,
I change, shed years, fears, regrets.
Why’d I wait so long?

Dizziness diagnosis

He feared brain blood clots
but it’s labyrinthitis.
He’ll live after all.

Dizzy

Why his head spins he
doesn’t know. Vertigo’s made
the world hell’s fun house.