Green

Cashier at the smoke shop calls me ‘boss’ and it makes me wince want to take a time machine back pistol whip ancestors realize on the way out one of the items I’ve purchased is a mask with an American flag printed on it.

burgundy region
be there in
half a tick

Jerome Berglund has published many haiku, haiga and haibun, most recently in bottle rockets, Frogpond, and Presence. His first collections, Bathtub Poems and Funny Pages, were released by Setu and Meat For Tea press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika.