Failed Haiku 24
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amateur hour
amateur hour
while a poet writes
the pine sighs -
off-shore breeze
off-shore breeze
seagulls gather around
KFC -
spring greeting
spring greeting —
my echo awaits
my response -
the poet
the poet
the poet dwells
at a safe distance
from wordsthe poet
pussyfoots around
the utter brinkthe poet paces out
the sound of space
in-waitingthe poet
hot off the press
goes silentthe poet goes
dum-de-dum-de-dum
between breathsthe poet
pads out
the silencesthe poet
lipsynchs his reflection
in tranquilitythe poet
skirts the edges
of relevancethe poet
rattles off
his mortal coilthe poet at home
with the loneliness
of a long-distance runnerthe poet
scratches the imagined limits
of his horizonsthe poet
feathers
his nest eggthe poet
measures his success
in tossed pantiesthe poet loses
his daytime job
to the moonthe poet quickens
to the sound
of his own voicethe poet
strikes a pose
off its pedestalthe poet
plays out
the party linethe poet weeps
as sound and sense end
his abstinencethe poet
resurrects
a moment
the poet
loses himself
in his words