if i were to write an ode

if i were to write an ode

to anything it would be to

haiku.

the simple form

constraining ideas to

the parts that really

matter.

good or bad. a focus

comes. a sit. a focus.

it wasn't then it

was.

then is seems like a

step was taken, in

the right direction.

something gets let out

that makse me lighter.

i see a "thing" for

what it is - not for

too long and not

so short it's not itself.

the haiku has helped me see

the haiku has helped me be

and so for 5 first

and then for 7 second

the final 5 land

and i take a breath

again and move on

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