Odious Explosion
Right in the middle of social studies class, I fart. Loudly. I'm mortified. A moment of stunned silence. But then relief. The class clown claims it as his own. Everybody laughs.
cat on the mantle
I catch the buddha
in his fall
• Zane Parks writes about his interest in haiku, tanka, haibun and similar Japanese forms on his website at www.zaneparks.com
