swordsmen sing
among equinox flowers
a fawn forages
specter sets a trap
around corners grow shadows
no moon in skull town
scale, fearless
that spiny slope, unbowed
hand pyramid, firm
walking faster
by cutting corners
of acute sidewalks
swollen with sugar
lazy day leaves strange aftertaste
an inside moral war
how to write haiku
without ever stepping outside
I ran so far away
the big hungry winter cuddle then devour
upend my dirty growl behind my angry howl
warm hearth
filled with stronger fire –
hope in overcast skies
little in this world decided by one person
too much is