Haiku #62

dung beetle rolling

along roodside puddle

O looking glass!

Haiku #55

grey barked eucalyptus

camouflaged against grey sky

of coming rain

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Photo by Yours truly

Counting Sticks

I have come with my counting sticks

Pebbles and bottle tops

Instruct me soul friend

On the ways of loving

The arithmetic of grace

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The friend throws away the sticks

Leaves the pebbles aside in a pile

He opens his chest buttons

And lets me count the stab wound scars

All pointing to his still beating heart