The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

David S. Pointer – Two Haiku and Another Poem

Poetry

resting hawk
atop the cattle gate
squeak-toy mouse in mouth

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friendly junkyard dog
adopted by children
stealing auto parts

**

New Bathroom Days

A leased
good guy
guard is
posted
between
the executive
bathrooms
denying
access to
all colors
coming
off the
factory floors
until a
magnetic
black stripe
swipe card
can be
installed
discriminating
between
gutter and
good get
right in
gourmet
waste.