haiku august three

every day i think

and if every day i do

one day it will be

. . . [8/14/23]

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and what are her thoughts

all of us thinking of him

just more of the same

. . . [8/14/23]

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a hook's gonna hook

no matter what sort of thing

could be your finger

. . . [8/14/23

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if it can it will

and if it's hook like, it can

so - better to laugh

. . . [8/14/23]

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everything feels wet

last night, eye mask, wow, my jeans

there's humidy

. . . [8/15/23]

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woah, it's mid august

students are heading to school

i remember it

. . . [8/15/23]

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this seems a bad view

though it just comes out this way

is it all made up

. . . [8/15/23]

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look towards the sun

see the light for what it is

a big fucking star

. . . [8/15/23]

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that's pretty crazy

but it's also just what it is

both are pretty wild

. . . [8/15/23]

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so let's accept it

this life, this place, this space, this

try it this way now

. . . [8/15/23]

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can you hear the trees

if you can haer them, listen

it's really quite nice

. . . [8/16/23]

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this is this today

and tomorrow will be that

there's not more to it

. . . [8/16/23]

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we make stuff of it

we have the power you know

so, what stuff to make

. . . [8/16/23]

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i love the morning

when i've got time to just be

better to have it

. . . [8/17/23]

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i'll swim on monday

i yearn to get that going

so, i just will do

. . . [8/17/23]

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he's having bad days

and i'm here writing poems

what kind of daughter

. . . [8/19/23]

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not a haiku:

this isn't play

and this isn't pretend

this is being

and i am really doing it.

. . . [8/19/23]

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feeling like breakthrough

but i won't tell you on what

cart before the horse

. . . [8/19/23]

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so i'll have ice cream

because that is important

to have things you like

. . . [8/19/23]

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but i still must leave

we all must figure that out

leaving bad places

. . . [8/19/23]

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and we figure out

the spaces between can't rot

we will make it work

. . . [8/19/23]

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i didn't swim on monday - i traveled to see my dad on the 21st, he had been brought to the ER the night before and then admitted to the ICU with pnemonia and sepsis. he has other chronic conditions and it was scary. but i got there, and he made it through and is getting palliative care now and some home healthcare -- next week's haiku are the week i was there.

it was great that all of us were together - together with him and our mom.