Five Haiku About Beheading
Loss starts with a pinky-
fraction increase infraction
’til it’s neck down.
A favorite disfigurement
of the quizzical torturer unleashed
on the sister’s doll.
Shift is over
stumble to your locker, recollect
what you left walking in
Air skin muscle vein
trachea air trachea tendon ligament
spine muscle skin wood.
What a beautiful hat.
Wherever did you find such a bird
With shimmering red plumage?