Layoff notice

driving home
to night drizzle
layoff notice

Mainichi Daily News
Mar. 20, 2010

Sign of the times

((a haiku sequence) 


        again, she tidies
        the almost empty desk
        another lay-off


        job fair 
        the line keeps growing
        longer and longer

 
        foreclosed house
        the children’s swing
        stops swinging

 
        tent city
        they welcome
        the newcomers


World Haiku Review
Vol. 7, Issue 2, August 2009

Layoff Notice

harsh winter day
she tidies again
her almost empty desk
where earlier she received
her layoff notice