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Velocities

A few haikus

By Paul Aaron DomenickPublished about 5 hours ago 1 min read
Velocities
Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash

It isn’t over

Puck still yielding a dream

Pillow is too hard

***

Neon lights the sign

I hand a hustler twenty

He says, “You’re kidding”

***

She reads my haikus

Puts her hand on her chin, “Hmmmm”

I go take a piss

Haiku

About the Creator

Paul Aaron Domenick

“I am mine. Before I am ever anyone else’s.” --Nayyirah Waheed

“Publication is the auction of the mind of man.” --Emily Dickinson

“Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.” --Franz Kafka

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  • Paul Stewartabout 4 hours ago

    Love the irreverance of this and the Bard reference!

  • Harper Lewisabout 5 hours ago

    Oh, slayin’ me with Billy Shakes!!💖💖💖

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