handful of M&Ms leaning further into sadism #senryu #hiraku

the city
redolent with spilled leaves
and people's footsteps

#senryu #hiraku

rage of a dandelion rain, purchasing antihistamines #senryu #hiraku

wife having died, greengrocers tears putting away melons #senryu #hiraku

cherry blossom haze—naked in my backyard welcoming Fall #senryu #hiraku

grinding
rich coffee beans
his shoulders quite broad

#senryu #hiraku

ornamental cabbage
the old refomatory
now closed

#senryu #hiraku

tears
in the middle of a dream
hum of the ac

#senryu #hiraku

orange rinds
in the sink
i'm cynical

#senryu #hiraku

canned margaritas
on the stoop
reliving lies

#senryu #hiraku

watching granmær
polish her silver
poor but still chic

#senryu #hiraku

double-dutchin' kids
near the parked car
smokin'

#senryu #hiraku

woman in the median
in her own world—
burning skies

#senryu #hiraku

elegy for pain-
exposed face of a babydoll
after a house fire

#senryu #hiraku

coffeecan flowers
his words
sweet as cane sugar

#senryu #hiraku

on the floor
on an elegant throw...
suddenly hungry

#senryu #hiraku

'we're the disruptors'
half-eaten eggs
on the plate

#senryu #hiraku

existential ideas warming up some red beans and rice #senryu #hiraku

adjusting the old lampshade my caftan has faded colors #senryu #hiraku

Up and down Ashberry Avenue, the children riding bikes well into the mouth of night. Twilight arrived with a blue-black tinge. The old beat-up Chevy in the parking lot and he; in his chair, slightly lost in a drunken haze.

random sentences spoken, leaving the tea to scald

#senryu #hiraku #ryubun