haiku
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snakes as utensilsdragon fire to cook and bake--dangerous kitchen
the old womanlicks her thumb and index fingerreaches toward me...
bare spot belowthe birdfeeder--pigeonspecking peony petals
wildflower fieldan embarrassment of color--caws of a murder
somewherein the recesses of my mindno anxiety
dark clouds unleasha month of rain in an hour--what was there is gone
cryptic messageon a crumpled yellow post-it:TONIGHT AT 9
warm bedpit-a-pat of raincat's meow
a splash of yellowin the old grey sidewalk--dandelion
horse-drawn cart --steady clip-clops complementfalling rain
raucous crowsdisrupt the eveningthen go quiet
above the rainmoon rises -- barely visiblein the summer sky
Meanwhile,Moon looks at Earth and thinks,"Silly humans."
stronger every daykettlebell in the cornerwaiting patiently
waiting patientlyold man sips black coffeegrass wet with dew
birds oddly silentexcept red-eyed vireostronger every day
grass wet with dewblueberry bush green and tallbirds oddly silent
gently wateringflowers, vegetables, and berries:summer rain
mirror on the walldisplays only what it seeswithout judgment
turned blanket cornerreveals its fluffy sideand the chair beneath