each day

each day gets better

each day more confident, sure

each day, but not now

my grandmother's compliant about her sister

she took my fur coat!

she got married, she eloped!

in my good fur coat!

january

with cruel decision

stuck, unable to let go

cannot move forward

the difference

beauty, glamour. they
are not the same. surface is
glamour. beauty, god.

the lost haiku: jack

do you know thyself?
who are you angry at now?
lead, it's what you do.

the lost haiku: ben

can you tell the truth?
manipulative. liar.
scarred at birth by loss.

the gard'ner

i kill them today
the tulips plotting escape
from me, the gard'ner