Tasteless

Reading haikus is
like eating chestnuts. You stop
after a bad one.

Another late night

Idea of early
to bed rare as a rainbow
and just as fleeting.

Bad reaction

All day my eyes itched
as if they were allergic
to viewing my life.

The day after

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.

No pumpkin pie

Instead, a pumpkin
cheesecake. Traditions are good.
Cheesecake is better.

Lecture

Tracy Kidder spoke.
Nice man, but a writer, not
a public speaker.