senryu cluster (these were amazing senryu)

 unable to call...

a single candle

with low flame

ready to go—

a cute man 

flirts with me

'old families' 

sleep in today...

finishing a workshift 

*'old family' wealthy folks

uncertain fate...

the country killing 

feminism 

with few words, a senryu about what exactly 

Republicans 

of mama's generation...

extinct 

having a young lover

my breathing

becomes another's

Bacon's Rebellion—

revolting has always been

America's habit

bus ride—

seated next to 

someone's mistress

acorn rain—

this life aint sweet

cotton-candy livin' 

workshift— 

Blues creepin' in 

everything i do and say

hotel guest's 

quiet 'good mornings...' 

even quieter rainpour

political advice from celebrities...

slippery slope

after-work tiredness

missin' my reflection 

in wall mirror 

floating world floats on...

Black folks 

still despised 

voting women 

identifying with male oppressors....

lots'o *Patty Hearsts

*granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She was kidnapped and subsequently indoctrinated by her kidnappers in 1974 leading to extreme Stockholmes Syndrome

beach-side business closed

even Hell's gates

closed

our world...

every day more and more 

unrecognizable 

dandelions growing 

another unanswered 

phone call 

cheap tuna for dinner, ink stains on my fingers 

'what is humanity...' 

clown's makeup 

a bit smeared

soup in cup—

few back-office deals 

fall through

parents deceased...

at 42 am i 

an orphan?

seeing a Komodo...

making groceries 

all the adventure

i experience

saxophone solo....

whiskey darkens 

in response

'someone give me liquor' 

refrain playing 

in my mind