Haiku (51-55)

51
don't muzzle the ox
while he's twaddling the grain,
the misheard maxim













52
wet hair from the pool
in the black truck's cold AC,
Priest = Aura













53
play it down a step
the frontman's hair is thinning,
winter farewell tour













54
not the way it thinks
each beast of burden's burden ends,
Fluffy the collie













55
cooking at the stove,
a coin beneath the island,
pink, her floured knees