haiku collection - Caylah Graham

when i was 10 i prayed to God to take away my dreams

lucid dreams belong 

to lenny kravitz and babes

with stolen kisses 

my stuffed animal was long, brown & warm

i don’t recall much:

two infant bodies wrapped in 

fur & repelled lips

your 2018 blue dodger should have warned me 

click!cleick!cliick!clyck! lock.

four door. front-seat. driver. me-him 

lockcar: lockjaw: locked – 

wrists on froze

it’s okay. you’re good.

i don’t know, this doesn’t feel – 

good. girl, it’s fine.                 no

love&loss

tears and vodka lime

stream down my bathtub. i die –

he’s clear: no regrets

no means no unless he has blue balls 

God why me why me

yes yes God yes but why me –

i’ve never said yes