Oster gears vibrate
against baby powdered napes.
Curled locks sweep away.
Tag: Haiku
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Earth tone table cloths
Naked trees, light family feuds
Uncork the cheap wine.
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Matchstick legs ignite
a Parisian son. Midfield
light illuminates.
Blaise Matuidi is my favorite midfielder to watch right now.
He doesn’t pirouette, or flash a thousand step-overs. You won’t see a croqueta, or metronome passing.
But his tackles, endless running, headers, and enthusasim for football gives an aging amateur midfielder an example to aspire to.
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Everyone’s asleep.
Except my laptop and I.
Control-Alt-Delete.
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Thunder hangs over,
drinking chilled beers with lightning.
Candle wicks burn out.
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Pastor decipher,
an ancient message. Listen.
Truth and lies creep through.
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Summer’s neighbor knocks.
Pennant races, Charlie Brown.
Flannel season glows.
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Enemies of envy,
tighten your grip.
Hold your tongue.
Don’t let it slip.
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Wisps of childhood,
skip through palmetto bushes.
Memories flicker.
Floodlights and Goalposts 