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under the moon a tall boy pulls a knife and slices wood

#haiku: bold afternoon your shadow across my hand

at the local market my daughter forgets her heritage

ornate couch our whispers are memorialized

hem of the large carpet, brushing my thinning hair

in a room in the hallway the sound of a walker

my child imprisoned temporarily by anesthesia

small room ekg beeps a staccato refrain

near scentless peonies undressing this frail body

rice-planting songs taught to my son, door ajar

haze carries moisture along the village

cool sterility of the hospital waiting room chairs in blue

on my back this morning arrives on trembling leaves

next to me he lies as a fetus silent evening

morning: in dark corners our argument still ripples

m o r n i n g : i n d a r k c o r n e r s o u r a r g u m e n t s t i l l r i p p l e s | # s e n r y û

4am rain heavy footsteps on the porch

thick palms sentries at the local gas station

old river her skirts troubled our argument bold

driving past a catholic church, sign: 'pray for the dead'|#senryu

m o r n i n g w h i s p e r s f r o m a f t e r n o o n l i p s p e c a n t r e e s | # s e n r y û

shotgun house: haven't quite got me up and running yet

all is quiet my thoughts embalmed and intered

over kettles boiling her lips held tightly

louisiana kitchen smells of creole cooking

near the basin warm water receding from me #hokku

a red pomegranate's quiet wherever its planted #hokku

undressing in the shadow of doubt withheld breath

mountain evergreens soon forgetting loss

married to a man more chimera than man

cerulean wrap around thin shoulders dry afternoon moves

the child i carry no longer kicks-spilled tea

thinking, the hyacinth have dyed my shadow

day near the brook old moss bathing #haiku

downtown said a requiem for the homeless-amen

my husband's mistress a fleshlight and porn

low rise condo where i am touched i become woman

undressing he walks into a viola overture

overhead a weak sky throwing up bile

lost stress in chord progressions of pianoforte quiet hall

attending a Messiah concert speckled winter

shell colored dress over the bed unopened letter

first christmas dead daughter's portrait dusted

old carnation preserved beetween bible pages

our midnight groans stain new sheets

a tree-searing wind caresses her thigh

fearless grandchild an archer's arrow cutting the dark

leaves undress themselves this fall

searing dusk: bedroom stained in candlelight riding my man