Just because they say
It might not even be true
You have permission
To indulge in what
Some might call schadenfreude
Really it’s only
A coping technique
That builds your immunity
To further bullshit
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OctPoWriMo 3
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OctPoWriMo 2
All of a sudden
Images from the distant
Past are appearing
At most unbidden
At least I am unaware
I would be here now
Tracing the distance
An uninterrupted gap
As through a wormhole
With infinity
Jostled somewhere in between
Every universe
And all I can think
Is that I am missing out
On living my life
Where does it go anyway
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OctPoWriMo 1
How could it be that
The start of spooky season
Feels no different
Than each one this year
I’ve been joking it’s still March
It might as well be
That’s some spooky stuff
If all around us the world
Was moving forward
And we were stuck here
While a rotting gourd loitered
In the whitest house
Blabbing the same thing
Not giving us any peace
For six freaking months
The squirrels seem eager
To peck away at pumpkins
Though decorative
At least they promote decay
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SeptHaikuWriMo 30
The cat interprets
Me counting out syllables
As time for snuggles
Fall is upon us
You should leave windows open
For apocalypse
What else can we do
Vote for someone who follows
A clear train of thought
Again and again
We all go down together
It’s both sides-ism
The cat next to me
Just jumped down off of the chair
To eat some more food
Wake up tomorrow
And the hungover feeling
Might not disappear
It will just get normalized
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SeptHaikuWriMo 29
He’s a fool on this
Will he shush for a minute?
Would you shut up, man?
Now do I get my time back?
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SeptHaikuWriMo 28
Months without music
Turn on the vacuum cleaner
Put on my headphones
Rock out to Bob Mould
It makes everything better
For a little while
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SeptHaikuWriMo 27
A 16 year old
Working for minimum wage
In a part time job
Pays more in taxes
And would do a better job
As the president
Than the current occupant
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SeptHaikuWriMo 26
Someone who would take
The job as it is offered
Is disqualified
By being willing
To assume the role under
These circumstances
Especially since
The fascist autocratic
Sex offender wants
You to take the bench
Only to avoid jail time
As long as he can
Which won’t be very long now
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SeptHaikuWriMo 24
Proof of time passing
A picture you’ve never seen
Showing up somehow
Reminding you what
And who you cared about then
Instant in a frame
That might have been lost
Had time not taken its toll
Inside of boxes
Always left unpacked
Until the moment occurs
To take out again
For light to reveal
It was never even lost
But waiting to know
What it was when it first shone
Joshua Keiter 