haiku by Lester Allyson Knibbs (formerly Hakeem Muhammad)
				~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a day of hot love i’m awake all night scratching kisses from the sun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ attacked from the north came under heavy snow-fire no casualities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ being evicted brown leaf falls tumbling to earth one leaf thousandth leaf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ big bear loves his honey only it’s the bees’ honey suicide bombers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ books and magazines dusty piles reach the ceiling what a racket ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ city under siege warm relief breaks foe’s cold wrath snow melts away ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cold help for cold bones using the oven for warmth odorless killer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ his first airplane flight the plane ran down the runway and jumped off the ground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i can feel your hate squeeze these tears out of my face and freeze-blow my bones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i keep shoveling snow floats down behind me in hot pursuit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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				February 21, 2003
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