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Your listening

September 10, 2017September 3, 2017 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

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your listening is for me
a gift, a lift — at last,
the fourteenth floor


photo by Simon Law cc by-sa 2.0: “an old strip mall about to be torn down”
haiku by rachel mcalpine cc by 2.0

Don’t be

May 7, 2016May 4, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

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Don’t be too hard
on your ex,
who was frequently
faithful to you.

Shoulder

May 2, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

lights

He’s a shoulder.
Should this, should that,
should her.
Cold shoulder.
That showed her.

He should should should
offer a shoulder
and murmur
‘How do you feel?’

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Rachel McAlpine

Comfort noise

April 10, 2016April 10, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

phone

After you hang up
your obsolete handpiece

after you go,
comfort noise
swells through the holes.

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Rachel McAlpine

So brave

March 25, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

blue-dress

Do not fear
to be sincere.

Do not give
the shove to love.

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Rachel McAlpine

In khaki

March 16, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

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Your eyes are in khaki.
Are you at war
or on safari?

I would hate to be a pet
but I am scared
of dying.

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Rachel McAlpine

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