Forgotten
by Michael Dylan Welch and Garry Gay First published in Sound of a Leaf, the 2018 Seabeck Haiku Getaway anthology (Bellevue, Washington: Haiku Northwest Press, 2020), page 63. Originally written on 26 October 2018 at the Meeting House at the Seabeck Conference Center in Seabeck, Washington. + estate sale— the remains of a silverfish in the insect book Michael on the unswept walkway dew-covered caterpillar Garry vacant lot— a dozen grasshoppers ticking in a jar Michael termite dust under the back step rusted nail heads Garry a nest of bees in the broken mailbox Michael forgotten swing set two fireflies chase each other Garry |