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HaikuWriMo Feb. 09
1.
even hotter,
summer fires
cut power
2.
fried eggs -
my bare feet on
concrete
3.
sun bleached sky,
clouds blend
seamlessly
4.
sailor's sky,
bloody sight -
warning? delight?
5.
open window,
wind blows summer
into air-cooler
6.
walk to school -
new shoes are
torture
7.
unfortunate spot,
cat asleep before
armchair
8.
walk-to-school track
after holidays
weeds
9.
seeing double
moon-image on
metal
10.
streelights
at war with
stars
11.
chocolate sky,
teeth gritty with
dust
12.
smoky haze,
bushfires across
the border
13.
glass shards -
rocks crowd
windowsill
14.
throbbing
an ant bite
travels
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Literature
Words omitted...
i.
Last week I dreamed that you were
in a place I could only reach by walking
my fingers over painted seas.
I dreamed of a conversation
crawling limply from my telephone:
your words drooping, wilted,
reluctant to find my ear.
And yet, despite your languor,
I awoke with echoes of your voice
pressing at the corners of my mouth,
pushing upwards.
ii.
The thought of meeting you at the airport
swelled me with heady visions:
lighted eyes, switched on after long disuse;
arms ajar, then closed behind me;
the gentle touch of lips, like brushing
eight weeks of dust from a Bible cover.
I decided against it, in the end –
I might
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Oh I absolutely adore this. Very close to home, unfortunately. You've worded this brilliantly.