Sequence- Haiku/Senryu
parent’s day
the toddler asks his mom
to dye her hair
quibbling
he picks up the cigarette
half done from the road
peering down the balcony
she sees a panty
settled on a trouser
second-hand furniture mart –
owner's wife locks something
in a cupboards
early evening –
mood being a bit loose
he asks for a screwdriver
the tall man mumbles –
in a crowded bus,
I can buy her a shampoo
another mom biting her nails
kids chat and laughing
toddlers results today
First Published in LYNX -A Journal for Linking Poets XXIII:1 February, 2008
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