After All These Years

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” share a common opening phrase.

after all these years

just the blip

of his heart monitor

             (written 1992, published 2007)

after all these years

still lifting my foot over

that one wooden step

             (written 1990, published 1990)

after all these years

     the garden window

          still wide open

             (written 2017, published 2017)