10 non-haikus
- Seb Doubinsky (France)
night hangs outside
like a homeless on the corner
hoodie down on its eyes
waiting for nothing
and having nowhere to go
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the tic tic of the mind
the crack crack of the bones
the boom boom of the heart
so low so low so low
and yet deafening
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the huge cold night
the splendidly useless stars
the eyes powerless and watching
the eyes containing more light than the day
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you wonder if you exist
but does the leaf that falls
wonder if the tree exists?
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things we show
are seldom seen
as the eye selects
only the visible
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quiet quiet quiet
is the night inside the room
only disturbed once in a while
by the quick flash of a dream
and the halted breath of the sleeper
*
rain and wind in the garden
two birds dart by and land in a tree
I watch from my window
like a ghost watches the living
from the comfort of its death
*
"I am nothing"
you sometimes say
forgetting that it takes
a body, many dreams, some nightmares,
a home, a city, a region, a land,
a sun, a moon, an infinity of stars
a whole planet, an entire galaxy
for you to utter those words
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the leaves rustle
in the warm afternoon
- reading
*
you wave goodbye
I wave goodbye
the waves wave
the waves always wave