marlene mountain
other-line haiku sequence
1981


 

 

working mother's night haiku

 

it would have made sense
the speeding ticket getting home
rather than to work

the almost sanity 5-9
compared to nine to five

tonight just the lifting
of foil from the tv dinner
takes the strength

the painting idea remains
just the painting idea

if there is a moon
she goes unnoticed
the clock set again

the drink of gin
scratches in the journal

the old stereo hardly sounds
the  [unable to read]  of bach
but nonetheless bach

 


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