HAIKU Poems by Tohm Bakelas

a paranoid thought to a real possibility

open containers—
real vulnerability—
did she poison it?

parallel lives fuse

it took thirty years
so many empty-handed sunsets
i love you

hispanic streets conjuring ghosts

grey clouds mask the sky—
beyond the cemetery—
i dream of lost love

haiku for Chris at the Exchange #1

small-talk bartender
asks me how i am doing—
“all right man, all right.”

the evil one

pat’s cat has one eye—
a bastard born for no one—
now both are complete