A week in multi-verse haiku (2/25/25 - 3/4/25)
Tuesday
Between my grandma's
Peppermint birthday milkshake
And the sprawling golf
Course, where I plot a
New path (brave explorer) the
World is newborn, green.
Wednesday
The sun does strange things:
Strangers outside the doctor's
Office almost smiled
At each other. I
Heard the voice of my friend from
The opposite pole.
Thursday
Singapore noodles
And Edgar Allen Poe with
My love, a FaceTime
Call with his niece, who
Pronounced my name perfectly
As the screen rendered.
Friday
Packing, mushroom soup.
What I really recall is
How, in the small hours
Of Saturday, you
Comforted me while I nursed
My smarting left eye.
Saturday (pre-flight)
Delirium of
Early morning. Half asleep,
But with confidence,
You built on my dream,
Added miniatures to
My winding tale of
Carlos laying a
Feast on a hotel table,
Discussing Dexter.
Saturday (post-flight)
Never renting from
Budget again after that
Disney World line. Still,
Grandma and I made
the most of the evening, with
burgers, church, a quest
for ducks in the mild
breeze at sunset, and Scrabble
prior to bedtime.
Sunday
The kitschy coffee
Shop was fine, the chat about
The Deer Whisperer
And nesting eagles.
I put my feet in the sea
And saw the lizard
With the orange head.
We had a scare. We lunched at
The Cracker Barrel,
Our heads together
To hear each other over
The din of church folks.
Monday
After Nana's and
Freedom park, we searched in vain
for an elusive
book. I discovered
a new parking spot and caught
the sunset's tail end.
Tuesday
Mortality marked
My birthday. Surrounded by
My young photos, I
Feared the reaper in
The water. Never have I
Had such a thirst for
Longevity. Full
Of pizza, I regarded
The dinosaurs in
The lake while the wind
Whipped my hair around my head
Like flailing serpents.