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Haiku for 4.5 Million Americans
You left home last night
big hurry, no shoes, no coat
What were you thinking?
You slipped out the door
must have been just before dawn
Alzheimer's Disease
Haiku for Rudy
Brilliant scientist
decodes the dark enemy
beta amyloid
A fierce opponent
but government funding goes
to another war
Lucy's Skeleton
i.
Ethiopia
in nineteen-seventy-four
a bright noonday sun
Fossilized knee found
small Australopithecus
clearly a biped!
ii.
No fire, no phones
language a series of grunts
peaceful cave dwellers
Early ancestor
Savannah inhabitant
primitive species
iii
Three million years passed
Homo Sapiens now roam
one fragile planet
Wars fought and lives lost
weapons of mass destruction
primitive species
Coming Home to Her
appeared in Boston Literary Magazine
Always excited
to see you every night
like she dared not hope
that you would come home
oh God she missed you!
She is your beagle.
Haiku for Him
You're so mad at him.
What is the matter with you?
Tail not wagging
As he surveys the mess too
Sorry Mommy, but it was
totally worth it!
As you rant and rave
he accepts the weight of shame
without much remorse.
Classmates.com Haiku
Classmates.com says
old friends looked at my profile
Oh how exciting!
My attempts to read
and to connect are thwarted
password forgotten
E-mails bombard me
old friends looked at my profile
Fucking UNSUB me!
Of course! Click this link
and no more e-mails. But first...
What is your password?
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