senryu set

 monday workshift...traces of sunday in my footsteps

whippoorwills: i become a whirling dervish 

nothing sacred about today: ordering catfish for dinner

rm 108—meeting him this assignation feels funny 

general mgr fired: the day bare's its teeth 

alone—coughing for a bit—still alone ...

college campuses—mind's of youth—slowly corroded

gifted liquor—gathering dust—sloped horizon 

baby's laughter—i am reborn—washing dishes 

ebb and flow 

of day....

amber of the beer

with pagan laughter—dislodging—an old bullet

requiem for Tituba...

erasure of Salem women 

sea-side inn...

another sliced pear with cream 

wearing pink shoes...

Tinkerbell's jealous of me

moon's big eye

hatred blooms in my womb 

do i swallow afternoon...

leaving a thought unfinished 

summering across town...

open/close of double doors 

maman's old abacus...

not much of inheritance left 

orange juice too strong—

seeing his blood flow underskin 

china dolls arranged haphazardly...

laundry left unfolded 

candlelight snuffed out 

well-done steak now cold 

jealous of younger actress

grey skies mirror mood 

jealousy

glows with a blue light 

nostalgia—

speaking in hometown dialect 

fear...

a tough green weed with thorns