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Comeback Story

vine street seeing stars

looney tune bite down

does not notice valuables are missing 

for long while: victim, is this?

it’s not a job it’s a gig

hard labour

thieves’ and beggar’s guild

Minnesota animal cookies

reader finishes each poem

plays tape out to its end

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winter rain

lefty 

sold out pancho

could the bird survive if released ask the cards

3

finishing the 

greek ode

he belches

barred windows between you and the poem

rubbing hands 

the maple

a withered thyrsus

impassioned kiss turns to wipe the makeup from her face

4

eclipse at the bottom of globe

former priest 

splashes blood 

across missile cones

5

sheep frozen 

small portion exposed decomposing 

expectations 

of proofs when truth 

is suppressed 

Jerome Berglund has worked as everything from dishwasher to paralegal, night watchman to assembler of heart valves. Many haiku, haiga and haibun he’s written have been exhibited or are forthcoming online and in print, most recently in bottle rockets, Frogpond, Kingfisher, and Presence. A mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Fevers of the Mind.