By Geoffrey Dean
The guillotine fell,
its severing slice precise –
fine execution
If the earth were flat,
precipitously aslant
we’d all slide til… splat.
Five chambers empty,
bullet buried in – which one?
bring on the vodka
Parachuting high,
diving into cloudless sky –
pulling, praying…bye
Nearly nude, chillin’
after the last explosion –
fatally frozen*
* This haiku is titled “Apocalypse in brief(s).”
| Copyright © 2020 by Geoffrey Dean |
Like the best vodka,
ReplyDeleteall five haikus are good
to the last drop!
"Nearly nude..." "in briefs"-really good, many levels! Such an art, to compress so much into such short lines.
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