BEATITUDE

I've just walked the dog in the rain. As I hang up the leash, they're running a clip on CNN of the Texas Pickaxe Murderer, her last ten minutes on Death Row. She is dressed entirely in white, face radiant as she grips her Bible, crosses herself, and steps from the cell.

desert moon
a stop sign laced
with bullet holes

contemporary haibun online, 5:1, March, 2009