Feature: Jim Benz Day 3

12 lazy haiku

rising at dawn --
we can't even subdue
one mosquito

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cloud of gnats
down by the outhouse --
choke cherry blossoms

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morning fire --
listening to wrens
while the coffee boils

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down in the reeds
where we hid the canoe --
a noisy beaver

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like old times --
grouse in the aspen grove
drumming on logs

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a mindless task --
watching dragonflies mate
on the wood pile

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cloudburst --
squishing toes in the mud
as we bathe

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rainy afternoon --
rethinking the day
over backgammon

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lost in the woods --
craning our necks
to the sunset

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wet socks --
spending every match
on a single fire

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spring ritual --
naked in the firelight
killing ticks

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late night swim --
drowning in my whiskey cup
two mosquitos

© Jim Benz

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Lantern at Sunset by Jen Pezzo