Four Haikus and a Free Verse!

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sprung from the tummy

off to the races; bloodworms

red, squishy: dinner!

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my love loves deep red

and says he would be a wolf

if given the chance

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the rain stopped falling

would you dare to meet me there?

by the puffer’s pond?

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devil’s ivy vines

curling upon my breast, and

running through my veins

The Education of a Woman

there were cherries on the door

a sculpture of a woman, the most important of her forms; engorged breasts,

stomach, thighs

an Egyptian cat on the shelf

Hints of power

“do you understand what I am saying?

are you listening to me? When you stand

between sublime nature and civilization

which do you choose?

You cannot stay here.”

The world is falling apart now

we had not finished our lesson

I interpret my forms differently without you

influencing the fluidity of my movements