Once plans light the fuse
nerves sizzle, anxiety
flares. Can’t stand the wait.
Imminent departure
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Fearful flyer
tomorrow between
Chicago Phoenix I’ll be
a dot in the sky
Over the holidays
Ate bad stuff. Gained weight.
Hate myself. Still, I think, There’s
always tomorrow…
Poor business decision
I quit my job to
work on my haiku blog. Chance
of millions, slim / none.
Sugar
One bite then the mad-
ness begins. Binge-stuffing my
face. Swallowing whole.
Laid off friend
Drops by at four, raids
the fridge, toasts unhappy hour
to his firing squad.
On cutting off long hair
Strands layered, length chopped,
I change, shed years, fears, regrets.
Why’d I wait so long?
Afterwards
We discuss the soul,
ponder death’s postlude, then choose
the happy ending.
Mortality
That first brush with death
shook loose her confident grasp
of all she held dear.
At 22
You’re gone, leaving class
mates to learn that last lesson:
life can be too short.
a haiku a day 