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A Haiku For Friday, October 4th

The cold rain shivers.
I dart, indoors to indoors,
generous shelters.
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God, it is so dark.
My throat closes like the night,
kaleidoscopic.
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At five, the sky rusts.
My stride matches my husband’s,
a shared metronome.
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At five, the sky rusts.
My stride matches my husband’s,
a shared metronome.
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The sky is no clock.
My body wants to obey
its demand for sleep.
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The sky is no clock.
My body wants to obey
its demand for sleep.
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Afternoon, evening,
merge as the sky stops dancing,
parting from the clock.
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Returning, the cold
breaks against the bedroom glass.
Wild-eyed, the cats watch.
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In early dimness,
a quiet, unmoving sky
chills, waiting for dusk.
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Dripping, drooping, weak.
The skin and the rain: both grey.
An unrestful sleep.
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