Friday, July 28, 2006

Far from town...

a different brand of laughter
beats toward a breathing loft.

an alfalfa mattress,
a soft crumpled plaid dress,
and a matchbook with a scribbled address.

I brought her flowers,
and she gave me water.

© Troy Spears & Timothy Lytle, 1981

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Zing! :D

11:19 AM  
Blogger Solocrone said...

poignant-- rings true like good haiku.

9:31 PM  

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