Now They Tell Me
A warning:
Do not read this sign.
Oh, too late!
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Two Monuments
Washington
Didn’t chop down that
Cherry tree.
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Tightly
Hold me in
Hollow of Your hand
Cleansed by blood.
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All photos by Nicolas Raymond at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/nEIqv60/Grunge+Warning+Sign
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/nFtL7eE/Washington+DC+Cherry+Blossoms
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/nEMmRva/Bloody+Hand+Print
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed: https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2014.
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