EmergencyFirst published in Shamrock #30 in February of 2015. Also published in Shamrock Haiku Journal 2012–2018 (Dublin, Ireland: Shamrock Haiku Journal, 2018), p. 259. Originally written in March of 2009, with twelve rejected concluding verses
before settling on the final verse here. See also “Shamrock Haiku Journal 2012–2018” (poems from this anthology).
In my distraction, I mistakenly dial the wrong number, but hang up before
anyone answers. My eyes grow wide in momentary mortification. Seconds later,
the phone rings.
“This is 9-1-1—what’s your emergency?” “None,” I explain. “I accidentally
pressed the wrong speed-dial button. My apologies, but I’m glad to know you
called back.” I hang up the phone, and wonder
why it’s so hard to call you. And if I did, whether you would ever call me
back.
pink
buds on
the cherry beginning
to show
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