10/21/18: Leaves Falling Before Changing

hard not to

think of omens when effect

precedes cause

10/20/18: Letter Rejecting A Haiku

to console—it

promised it wasn’t just him

but everyone

emerging from

dreams, you might awaken

anywhere

when warmth

departs—as if air stirs

with laughter

imagining pings

off distant walls—ricochets

anticipated

perhaps

only so many stories

can be told

maybe some

clothes—properly sized—will

still never fit