side order

old couple, in café

side by side, breakfast ordered,

they speak, not one word

.

haiku

hog

i’m on the winter

side of our mattress while he

rolls in summer plumes

.

haiku

tectonic non-descript

the abject neglect

never mentioned!

caused the rift

to platonic drift

.

haiku

Ps

as if one needed one explanation for separation

that’s an answer

his silence surpasses all

languages .

funny how my

heart jumped

at no word

.

haiku

calimero

little boy lost look

cup of coffee

closed book

how to find his focus

.

haiku

emptied

i could waste myself

on another unfurnished

goodbye or adieu

.

haiku

blur

a murder of nights

thrash of sheets inked grittily

‘tween slither of days

can’t . quite . grasp

what’s the word for scared ?

of intimacy ? something ?

prevents hand-holding

.

haïku

doing lines ( he’s old now)

i read the parchment

of his face inked with agèd

grievances he thinks

.

haiku

fallen leaves

the grief of a touch

of his fingers I lingered

disbelief as he leaves

.

not a haiku

one syllable over done