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Five Haikus by J. R. Wilkerson



birthday toads


children laugh

singing


sapo verde

to you, some 


green

jumped-up 

gringo




from the top rope


hit with a

steel chair


when the ref

wasn’t looking


bah gawd

almighty 




hummingbird in a wind tunnel


for science,

to see

 

why they’re so

unflappable


oh hey

irony




kid in the oral surgeon’s chair


staring at his 

hands


transforming

with gloves,

oh boy


he is now

a mouse




space bears


i thought i

misheard


like ursa major,

minor


it bears 

repeating




J. R. Wilkerson is a DC-area resident by way of Lawrenceburg, Missouri.


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