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Thursday, March 19, 2020

Sketches from the Twin Cities:
Apocalyptic Haikus

Series I

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

2 comments:

  1. Like the best vodka,
    all five haikus are good
    to the last drop!

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  2. "Nearly nude..." "in briefs"-really good, many levels! Such an art, to compress so much into such short lines.

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