frustration — branch after branchgives way in my hand
An American Haibun
May flowers — the garden shopbecomes essential
an old photoblonde girls now grey,a moment of giggles
the sturdy hostas-indestructible and inevitable,meet my shovel
Side by side-a flag of pride tangles with the symbol of power
Ignoring the breaking news — she mutes ‘viral’
Even beforethe last snowfall,dirt beneath my nails