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
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 too hard
on your ex,
who was frequently
faithful to you.
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?’
*
Rachel McAlpine
After you hang up
your obsolete handpiece
after you go,
comfort noise
swells through the holes.
– – –
Rachel McAlpine
Do not fear
to be sincere.
Do not give
the shove to love.
*
Rachel McAlpine
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.
*
Rachel McAlpine