Vegans, stay away,
lest your firm resolve melt from
tender smoked brisket.
Salt Lick barbecue
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Vegans, stay away,
lest your firm resolve melt from
tender smoked brisket.
Muddy quads, walls bare
of ivy still inspire awe.
Can we get in?
Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.
From an estate sale –
pendulum clock. Westminster
chimes now count my days.
A haiku a day?
Not quite. Some days the tap runs,
some days it’s bone dry.
‘Beware!’ Caesar was
told. Like teens in horror films
he didn’t listen.
What’s that mean? That spring’s
a dominatrix, whipping
March ’til it submits?
for jem who says, “it’s your last lines that get me everytime.“
I’d like to think of
myself as the O. Henry
of the haiku form.
Secretive. Works for
the CIA. Won’t say where
it’s been for four years.
They walk the carpet.
We eat takeout Chinese and
scream for our favorites.