Just added the following haiku to my haiku collection.
Orion wanes west,
My breath steams in the early dark.
It's winter once more.
Lazy old willow
Hangs loose. First to gain his leaves,
Last to lose them.
My coat outlasted
Us. And they don't even make
Them like they used to.
Lovely-haired mantis
Promised salvation I was
Lucky to survive
Unwitting or not,
I cannot dull your silver
Barbs and razor blades.
This dried lavender
Could it be? An old keepsake
From you, now long gone.
Bodies side-by-side
Togetherness we promised
But I was alone
You were unfaithful
To another when with me
Though I did not know.
Strange scum scoured out from
The plughole on my return:
His come in your hair.
