Busyness is best
to occupy, medicate
you. Endings are hard.
The day after
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Busyness is best
to occupy, medicate
you. Endings are hard.
High school
You’ll never again
feel pain, joy both at once. Be
so at odds with life.
Speak
When you unburden,
you hope listeners will care.
Yet some could care less.
Children’s show
J’s Sleeping Beauty.
Small kids grab at her princess
gown with sticky hands.
Dissection
Every day with
words I pin down bits of my
self for all to view.
Two ships
My husband says he
catches up on my life in
my blogs. We should talk.
Never enough time
I cook mornings so
I can eat evenings. I call
it planning ahead.
Cup of gluttony
When you take skim milk
in your coffee, heavy cream
is an indulgence.
Famous people
Write about ’em and
stats go up. I try not to
let this affect me.
Parent chauffeur
Few things are as hard
as staying awake, waiting
for the phone to ring.
a haiku a day 