Haiku

Haiku For The Hours (5PM)

Find a highway that
takes you to Penelope,
Argos, and your friends.

Haiku For The Hours (4PM)

That soap opera
comes on the television
in the laundromat.

Haiku For The Hours (3PM)

“School’s out for the … day!”
The teacher laughingly sings
that A. Cooper song.

Haiku For The Hours (2PM)

“Hey! How did you see
a ninety-minute movie 
in sixty minutes?”

Haiku For The Hours (1PM)

“Shall we go to an
afternoon movie? Trick the
rhythm of the day?”

Haiku For The Hours (12PM)

The waitress saw the
cowboy kicking his boots in 
boredom. “Want some food?”

Haiku For The Hours (11AM)

The cowboy shows up.
“I’m here for the duel,” he said.
“High noon. Like we said.”

A Haiku about Medium

You won’t let me write
You won’t even let me read
Need a better place

Haiku For The Hours (10AM)

The park bench knows sleep,
knows the land of sniffing dogs 
and newspaper dreams.

Haiku For The Hours (9AM)

The waitress dreams that
all the plates are outlines of
planets orbiting.