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Like laser pointers
they blind in red green blue as
they save the planet

My door open, but
the rooms are empty, thoughts like
forgotten relics.

Stories always tell
of the one who wanders, then
returns home…like me.

You don’t notice the
absence of sound until you
strain to hear something.

Can days be merry
and bright? Jobs – like ornaments -
fragile, out of reach.

She keeps it displayed
to remind herself that once
she didn’t know it

…create. Impatient
that I won’t pay attention
when I’m writing stuff.

“Let’s go to the beach!”
One kid, online, shrugs as the
other keeps texting.

“In a typical week, only 6 percent of children ages nine to thirteen play outside on their own.”
from The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger

And so summer goes
like fishing line cast into
swift moving waters

Panera’s didn’t
call, nor Applebee’s. Rejec-
tion’s hard at sixteen.

Has it really been
a month since I told you all
about my day, dear?

Formally over
twelve years of learning to look
good on this one night.

She can’t stand her. He’s
her ex, so don’t include them.
Can’t we go alone?

Deciding who to
take like negotiating
Mideast peace treaty.

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

He sent sensitive
documents to a stranger
thinking it was me.

When’s the right time to
wash winter blankets? Last night
I saw snowflakes fall.

Earthworms emerge, splayed
across sidewalks, tender skin
snags on rough concrete.

All around it, the
town is dead. Pity the poor
taken investors.

No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.

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

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

Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.

haiku from Trisha who was there

Gay flight attendant
Shares gender stereotype
Astounds passengers
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