HaikuToday 06sep10

In a world without buffalo, I would not eat buffalo wings…

not
not buffalo
not buffalo wings

This is living

older
Talking in a low voice
out loud
things I keep inside.

Don't need a reason
to walk
softly.

When a comet slows
down
it don't come
'round no more

Add punctuation as
you read this

that
is
what
clouds do

Old truck
wouldn't start
this morning.
wouldn't start yesterday
or the day before that
(day ~ that day ~ that day ~ that day ~ that day ~ that)

Maybe tomorrow
I'll leave
that old truck alone
stay home

Look down from
this spot
at the dark
that the
day left behind

Knocks at the door
stop knocking
goes away

The floor is cool
where I lay
cat resting
with dogs
on both sides

left with little thoughts
lawn will still get cut
wind leans and whistles
through a door
cancel the refills
change of address
like looking up to the left
don't forget breathing

maybe now I'll understand

stand
under

stand
under

stand
under

this is living


Arlington, Virginia
Written a few miles from midnight near where a cardinal landed today.
September 6, 2010

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