marlene mountain
one-line linked haiku
1999
marlene mountain kris
kondo
one-line linked haiku october 2-12 1999
half the room
scattered frost with half the room rearranged nothing
fits
a dusty box of fallen leaves palm-fitting stones
images of art denigrated by an ignorant political-savvy mayor
a visit to the Bronx Zoo to collect elephant dung
eyes-on-me feeling i scream 'hunters get off my land' two deer
quite conscious of all the rules we're breaking
Calvin Ball played with abandon by a stuffed toy & little boy
is jesse the body/the mind now jesse the back-away
a shot echoed glasses shattered foyer in frozen moonight
thunder comes and goes now longed-for ordinary rain
in a deep wooden tub soaking eases blistered hands and feet
web above the sink she hides again from
the glare
each child's fragile and delicate beginning as two cells join
a father who doesn't take care of his share
chilled to the bone pain caused to others turns inside
under a quilt a dip of wintergreen skoal
a few quick stitches to the appliquéd blossom petals
i take up too much of my time with myself
for the overstuffed 'wearable' & 'driveable' computer stuffings
a life spent barely deciphering chinese characters
only in america 'breaking news' trump might run for president
six year old dealing the cards for a game of war
are there really razor blades hidden in the apples of halloween
some things send chills down each time I hear them
worn-out windshield wipers pop into my mind before we head out
Pikachu's long lightning-shaped tail swishes
their kitty-cat chases down a chipmunk we watch from upstairs
news of a nuclear leak tv drones in an empty room
bones full of holes still she craves new breasts over the scars
trained to visualize each chakra's pure hue
an invitation to a moon viewing party
across the Pacific Ocean
one rock & another 'because it's there' to destroy
jizo's head in the pond a tadpole darts all over its surface
six-billionth person arbitrarily chosen 'it's a boy'
an uneasy feeling as we reach another blossom verse position
no one struck us down an art smaller than nature
notes
8m) minnesota governor hounded for his anti-religion comments
33k) stone buddha statue guardian for children who died young,
in or before childbirth