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haiku for this day

Concertina wire,
composed. A portal
drips ribbons.
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Haiku is extremely difficult to pull off. This one has some imagery I like (gleaned from this morning’s bus ride into my not-work work), but it is not quite right.
Ah, well. Revision in my middle name. Or chosen future-married name. Or something like that.
I’m in a mood.

In the moment: haiku

I complained too long
Now summer washes away
Umbrella dust free
 
 
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Her brown eyes crinkle
A stranger known by bus route
Smiles like she knows me
 
 
* * *
 
 
A man on the bus
A glass cake plate in right hand
No crumbs, no story
 
 
* * *
 
 
Broken umbrella
I’m a crow with crippled feet
Or missing feathers
 
 
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Bushtits chittering
Chickadees point me to home
Summer [...]