They’ll watch football. We’ll
cook. Men and women. Hunters
and gatherers still.
Thanksgiving – division of labor
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Tag Archives: hope
Edward Scissorhands
A-Depp-t cult classic
fairy tale, gothic icon
all rolled into one.
To do list
I jot on random
scraps, then lose them. No wonder
I don’t get things done.
Tasteless
Reading haikus is
like eating chestnuts. You stop
after a bad one.
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.
Children’s show
J’s Sleeping Beauty.
Small kids grab at her princess
gown with sticky hands.
Scenes from an Italian restaurant chain
After the high school
show they flirt over pizza
sodas at Uno’s.
Autumn precedence
Trees have never held
leaves as late as November.
Frost was wrong. Gold stays.
a haiku a day 