Haiku
Time; a series of
Un connected Un caring
Un empty spaces
Caught in a trap
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can’t go forward can’t
turn back clocks retrace my steps
can’t stay still either
Fulled up
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Now we’re both tall
We don’t have to fall. Down or
In love at all. Now
Blacks & Whites
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Living on a cross
Word puzzle cross words looking
For clues up and down
Furtive
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the moon follows me
i creep about at midnight
clothed only in her
The farmer
Haiku
Responsible for
So many lives. Most times for-
gets about his own
n.b. There are sheep and lambs and cows and chickens and baby chicks and a dog
that the farmer cares for
There are crows and pheasants and and swallows and swifts and rats and mice and sparrows and robins and a squirrel
that come to steal from the farm table
There is little time for communion with humans; for some R&R, for disconnection, for his partner
The farm is his life
Broad daylight or Dead of night
On thé farm
This week only….
Approx tally:
Half a spring lamb
One whole sheep
A dozen or so chickens
One fox
Causes:
Fox attack
Unknown
Heart attacks / Fox attacks
Shot by farmer
Results:
Shock and horror
Bewilderment plus two orphan lambs to bottle rear from here
Loss of profit
One less fox to worry about
*possibly uncounted cubs crying for mum
At the very last
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And all in for love,
He paid his bills, left routine,
Knowing what it means
I stayed home
You left
The electricians came
And switched the power off
No tea, no warm, no comfort
The electricians left
Having fixed the problem
You returned
And put the kettle on
Hungry as fox
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staring in to dusk
silence pads toward my eyes
movement is velvet
