"glue stick goes north," "jerrycan exxonic," "one baby & baby," and "mortgage (dead pledge)"
glue stick goes north
soothes who &
whom that l
a cloth bicycle
heaven of the golden
millet
jerrycan exxonic
in the garden
at the beginning of the future
hear the gravy siren?
I eat my andes mints
& my radish pie
at daniels & fisher tower
the BVO gas station is gone
gone!
one baby & baby
it’s tree time!
I am without
the sporting news
on the final earth
on the famous earth
a northern idea
yurt head a
line
mortgage (dead pledge)
morning again
morning again
pink eye
pineal
blue &
here
morning again

J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) is the author of ten print chapbooks and e-books of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012). His first full-length collection is in ghostly onehead (Post-Asemic Press, 2022). Visit his website, MadVerse.com, for more information and links to his published work. His haiku blog is at JDNelson.net. Nelson lives in Colorado, USA. He recommends the Denver Rescue Mission.