other-line linked haiku

marlene mountain
other-line linked haiku
1985/87

marlene mountain michael dudley

one-line linked haiku september 1985-may 1987

4 Sale

off the cell floor they lap water and blood of the dead

"Rabbits 4 Sale:
Good Pets,
Good Meat."

spring morning a chemical spill
summer afternoon a chemical spill
autumn evening a chemical spill
winter night a chemical spill

Nothing left to do but wait.
Until day
breaks.

even if we live we'll starve

peeled apple
no more waxy taste

man
a little girl on his lap
why

wife's milk
being tested
for pesticides

no concept of sin before columbus arrived

weather changes toxic cleanup

let's get together
overthrow the world
plant morning-glories & beets

noonday tractor cloud of herbicides

peaceman finally admits 'the west can go to hell'

store manager tells
me he's not sure what country
the apples came from

unable to comprehend the end
yet
waiting
for the bomb

fresh coffee--
into it, I
dump some edible oil

one twelfth of the world is white male

at
breakfast
adding
up
the
ADDITIVES

separation of church and state
separation from church and state

confessional
vomit
smell

information technology computer base surveillance

note
abandoned at this point

Poetry Canada 10:1 1989