Daughters on Mother’s Day

J replaced my mouse
that broke. M’s card made me cry.
Both my greatest gift.

Prom date

Deciding who to
take like negotiating
Mideast peace treaty.

Study hall

The play was about
them. His unrequited love
her indifference.

10,000th hit

Who will you be, and
from where? What will have brought you
here – mere chance or choice?

You take after your mother

My weirdness is as
apparent in my kids as
streaks in a fake tan.

500 haikus

From a Revealing
start to this auspicious point –
my life in short form.

Inexplicable sadness

In wordless despair
M dissolves in tears clutching
me like a life vest.

Laptop

An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.

Offsite meeting of the computer geeks

We all complain there’s
no place to plug in. One by
one, our laptops die.

Why I’ve been absent

Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.