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the “bookettes”
meet to discuss
the latest gin
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my students
strive to earn an A–
lockdown drill
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no more
navy blue boy blazers
wildflowers
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freshly cut chrysanthemums
another memorial
along the highway
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sticky willow
another message
to delete
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Christine Taylor, a multiracial English teacher and librarian, resides in her hometown Plainfield, New Jersey. She is the haibun editor at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters. Her work appears in Modern Haiku, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Room, and The Rumpus among others. She can be found at www.christinetayloronline.com.