#haiku

our religion is
commerce, capital, and well-
priced real estate

#haiku

thirty-day work week
a mountain in the making
minimum wage sand

#haiku

it would be too hard
to whisper in back alleys;
down the hall, better

#haiku

birthday birthday birth
daybirth daybirth daybirth day
birthday, A-OK

#haiku

we are gathered here
today to celebrate the
men watching us die

#haiku

secret service man
tell me how your mother loved
you and your secrets

#haiku

cobble hill puzzle
pictures from most of last year
rusty steel ball

#haiku

cold, withered fingers
nightmare whispers and visions
of mothers long dead

#haiku

that dude is crazy,
like, doctor-bronner’s-moral-
alphabet-crazy

#haiku

she rides the morning
train to escape the sounds of
night