A Series of Haikus
Three teens’ chlorine waves,
sunburnt noses selecting
today’s bikini
While I spent hollow
night pillow-clutching, as I
won’t report old crimes.
Boy of sixteen, dread-
headed, robs Kroger, skips, and
stalks a girl of twelve:
stalks a girl of twelve:
Baby shot in lot,
spirit stolen by pigs, once
boys, mother gutted.
spirit stolen by pigs, once
boys, mother gutted.
Please, will you help me
try to save all the children?
Even from themselves?