Haiku Curfew

Alex Bransky
Jan 18, 2021

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Five minutes after
It was already too late
But that’s when I knew

The turn of the screw
The whistle of the tea kettle
Then rigid silence

Anger, punishment
Screaming, literal torture
A fist in the wall

Nothing I could do
But venture out on my own
And never come back

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