Just Karma 185 September 2016 b

Just Karma 185

Effective Cost?

(a haibun)

Most of the times, these days anyway, the stroll to the rural

mailbox at the end of the drive is not all that exciting. Bills and

advertisements abound. Most of which gets recycled. Today

will be a little brighter when this morning a rebate form gets

placed in the same said box for pick up. Our utility company

will be issuing a rebate for the new water heater. And next

February come tax time Uncle Sam will also credit our taxes.

Maybe even now, every month we’ll actually see a decrease

in our utility usage with the installation of the new energy

efficient water heater.

a carbon footprint,

decreases in size; so we

would like to believe

©JP/dh

Just Karma 184 September 2016 b

Just Karma 184

Household?

(a haibun)

Just a little walk, a stroll from the washer to the line;

strung in the laundry room to hang dungarees...

Wait what is this, the rug beneath my feet goes:

squishy squash...no where near the washer?

Uh oh, the water heater tank...has tanked.

Switch off the breaker, turn off the water and

call the ‘Boss’ - to actively seek out a replacement!

shiny moments are

laced with some rusted metal

testing our mettle

©JP/dh

Just Karma 183 September 2016 b

Just Karma 183

One Yesterday

(a haibun for 9/11)

Some days are slower than others. We travel less. Perhaps it

is on those days we can visit our memories and think about

what happened five, ten or fifteen years ago. Remembering

joy is only possible when we also remember sadness.

The heavy burden of those who chose to believe that they

were doing something of value by taking away so many lives

that had nothing to do with their own internal warring.

Can everyone be persuaded to believe in and pray for peace?

grasses grow and sway;

some flowers are placed on graves -

is there peace with death?

©JP/dh

Just Karma 182 September 2016 b

Just Karma 182

Smitten, Bitten

(a haibun)

Good to walk when the weather is cooler.

Not in the direct heat of the day, we stroll.

Stop to chat with our neighbors - connections.

And then drawn to my arm...the mosquito -

So soon after I brushed one away from the

face of my own dear one...three times in

Silent reverie I was accosted! I look forward

to the first frost and the beginning of autumn

is still days away.

unscented, was I?

apparently I ‘drew’ more

than I bargained for

Good for my spouse to think I am sweet.

To walk hand in hand, kindly at my pace -

The humidity hung heavily, but the settling

dusk brought out more than just ‘people’.

©JP/dh

Just Karma 181 September 2016 b

Just Karma 181

Keyed Up

(a haibun)

There is a different world alive

when walking in the morning.

This dawn almost autumn

hanging on to summers’ skirts -

white chiffon on eggshell blue sky.

Almost oppressive even before eight.

Yet there are bugs and blooms.

And a few people watering, walking,

riding to errands or work on this Saturday...

the second to the last of this season.

peace is disturbed by

the door opening, your class -

you thought was, is not

©JP/dh

Just Karma 180 September 2016 b

Just Karma 180

escaping the heat

(a haibun)

A one tank wonder - an adventure on an underground

waterway in a cavern, that pokes out next to the wild

life park, where we saw buck still with velvet antlers.

And geese and duck before our return to the entrance.

So many interior rock formations allow for imagination

to run wild with speculation of what one sees; from a

lion, to Lady Liberty, the Leaning Tower of Piza and

even rock bacon!

'cool' ride underground

0n a hot late summer day

...stepping back in time

©JP/dh

http://pennscave.com/history-geology/

http://pennscave.com/history-geology/legend/

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Just Karma 179 September 2016 b

Just Karma 179

surveillance

(a haibun)

amid the falling pre-autumn chestnut leaves swirling

in a forceful wind - perhaps the tail of distant gale

one brave yellow swallowtail unfurled, righted;

and bravely proceeded across the street

and out of sight and into a pale dawn sky

day stretches at a

constant tick or fluttering

of wings gaining way

©JP/dh