Monday, April 26, 2021

Backyard haiku

Mating rituals

Dead leaves chase each other in the wind

Like two horny moths

 

Boom, boom, doom and gloom

boot heels scraping out divots

turf torn up by Goths

 

Alone, a boy cries

ice cream bakes on the blacktop

where bullies gloat

 

Where the water drains

things wriggle in putrid pools

a stick is a boat

 

It’s time for nighthawks

crepuscular insect clouds

and barbecue smoke

 

Spinning soccer ball

Dad spanks his daughter’s ass then

gives his son a poke

 

Brown lizards skitter

into cracked bricks’ crevices

swallowing their catch

 

 

 

My neighbor’s dog bark

insanely whimpering when

I unhook the latch

 

Gray hair and limp gait

little dog pulls them forward

but stops when they kiss

 

Boom stereo thud

“Check me out, motherfucker!”

shatters quiet bliss