haikus

for the places we've been.

georgia.

too deep to see feet
swamp waist-high by age thirteen
come with me to shore.

florida.

leap onto my hand
the blood you draw is not mine
but the colony's.


alabama.

snuck across your feet
under cover of rainfall
we were never here.


louisiana.

lush with disaster
unlcad dolls on pianos
both so overplayed.


houston.

imminent warble
death comes when you've given up
please don't lay down yet.


san antonio.

two cannon ball eyes
screeching secrets into plains
listen hard and weep.


austin

here's a safe haven
here are pains that hault your sleep
one prong on the fork.