In the midst of my
year of mourning for my dad
mom comes back again
from the dead, reminding me
that she passed away today

Pyroclastic flow: 

Fast gas created 

tent rocks in New Mexico 

Kasha-Katuwe white cliffs 

From Pajarito Plateau

There are many dead

who are more likable now

and I wonder why.

And I think maybe I know;

they've moved out of their own way

He confided me
with which bed he himself owns
but I still don't get
how the Mattress Firm salesman
is able to sleep at night

I'm in no mood and
this is not the time or place.
That having been said,
I'm in no mood and this is
neither the time nor the place.

They say I'm quiet
I think not quiet enough
Need to double it
Because words cause discomfort
Twice as painful as silence

70

I'll remember this
I said about this poem
Composed on Shabbos
It died while still a haiku
Because I couldn't write it