the children
race
in giggling circles
babbling brook
murmuration
piercing gaze
of clinging
monkey
staring
back at me
aren’t
many endeavors
low production value
can’t throw
a wrench in
raindrops
creep up windshield
spermatozoa
seeking
awol egg
all
the dad jokes
unspoken
wasted
produce
Jerome Berglund has published many haiku, haiga and haibun, most recently in bottle rockets, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku. His first collections Bathtub Poems and Funny Pages were just released by Setu and Meat For Tea press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BerglundJerome