Author: cfblack
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Believing
believing that somehow if you could get just a little closer, you could bring the universe into better focus you stood on your deck and stared up at the stars 6-27-22
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haiku for ol’ Cuebald Bilious
Dave Mullis advises in a time of spider webs let your wife go first 6-27-22
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Fried boloney sandwich
He gives one night a month to the homeless And feels good about his service. Until the day she walked in With her life in two black trash bags. _____ At 16, she lied about her age, Worked the line for minimum wage. He was a college intern working on his resume. She took him…
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Paper Nest Hornets 2022
Five paper nest hornets are building overhead, again Unconcerned how nervous and scared it makes the man on the porch feel. Soon it may be too unsafe outside And he and his husband will be forced back inside, because outside will be unsafe Forced to sit on the other side of the pane looking through…
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Why is Floyd pink?
You dreamed about the ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and remembered how you wanted to know why Floyd was pink and you thought who cares about the dark side of the moon if you can’t see it and you remembered how you hid dirty clothes under your bed because your mother didn’t want to see…
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wet Wed. haikus
coffee cup in hand umbrella in the other rainy morning walk mother memories wrinkly toes in squishy shoes “Leave the mud outside!” the slow rain falls hard mushrooms will pop tomorrow mint tea in forecast rivulets clean street makes the weeds grow tall and fast I might as well nap 6-29-22
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haiku for an elder man
like a dog outside the tennis court fence, he waits for one ball to play 6-30-22
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