Posts for June 18, 2024 (page 12)

oops. missed my haiku

yesterday. but i’m not mad.

it was a great day.

They linger in two-day stubble of conversation, washing sorrow.  

I can’t run to you,

you died on a humid sunny day 

my crying is medicinal in nature;

I’m afraid,

I remember how you danced with me when it rained,

now I’m confused about the pain, 

it’s antithetic but I can’t abstain

I’m sad in the sunshine and energetic in the rain

your memory is a strain, like I just can’t let it be mundane

By way of estrangement arrangement

I’ve saved $1,500.00 on Father’s Day gifts.

It’s worth every penny,

graced with Abe Lincoln’s

shiny copper head.

Father Abraham had many sons

and many sons had

a $9 coffee on the way to work.

I pull to the window

and drop some change in a jar

I sip my drink through a straw

like I’ve almost forgotten

to feel bad about the turtles

after all this time.