Haibun of J. Zimmerman
(first published in Frogpond, etc.)

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Haibun of J. Zimmerman first published in Frogpond

First published in Frogpond
Frogpond
34:1 (Winter, 2011) 

    Missing Man
    
    Mid-November after I rake the leaves I stand at Central and First, 
    holding the Stars and Bars. All of them died in Nam — my brother Joe, 
    my cousin Freddy, mom's youngest brother Jack. Sometimes I just have 
    to come out on the streets and stand with my flag. There's no parade.
    
            The smell of burning 
            could be diesel
            could be napalm
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Copyright © 2010-2012 by Ariadne Unst
The quoted poems are © 2010-2012 by J. Zimmerman

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