When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.
Why I need to sleep
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Insomnia bordering on insanity
Night winds roar like a
giant parent screaming “Go
to sleep!” without words.
What a bargain
Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.
Sexist comment from an unlikely source
Salt Lick barbecue
Vegans, stay away,
lest your firm resolve melt from
tender smoked brisket.
Back pain
Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.
Dining in Austin
I eat meat because
it’s Texas. Tender steak like
beef cotton candy.
Offsite meeting of the computer geeks
We all complain there’s
no place to plug in. One by
one, our laptops die.
Powerpoint
When you’re in a long
meeting, now you have two things
to look at while bored.
Morning sun
Slanting through speckled
panes, turning cobwebs into
faerie gossamer.
a haiku a day 