Attack of An Apple (Hour 22, A Hall of Mirrors Hay(na)ku)

 

Attack of An Apple

‘Twas

two days

left ’til Christmas

when he dropped

me at

the

door,

leaving me

lost and lonesome,

a stranger in

an even

stranger

land.

People packed

like standing sardines,

trapped tightly in

a tin.

Panic

overcame

me, incapacitating.

Sweating, shaking, sobbing,

anxiety attacking inside

Apple Store.

As

we

left, he

asked would I

ever return on

my own?

“NEVERMORE!”

 

****A hay(na)ku is a three line poem where the first line consists of one word, the second line has two, and the third line is composed of three words. A reverse hay(na)ku is three lines composed in the opposite fashion, of three words, then two, and one word for the final line. In the 2019 Poetry Marathon, I created the “Mirror hay(na)ku” by combining a hay(na)ku with a reverse hay(na)ku. In 2020, I took things a step further by compiling five mirror hay(na)ku stanzas and calling it a Hall of Mirrors Hay(na)ku.****

One thought on “Attack of An Apple (Hour 22, A Hall of Mirrors Hay(na)ku)

  1. I like your poem. I am a big Poe fan so the last word in your poem is great. The reference to a stranger in an even stranger land could come right out of Heinlein Sci Fi novel

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