Four Haiku


folding clothes,
I put my thoughts
in order.

watching the clothes dryer,
my mind
goes in circles.

broken electric fan
left on the sidewalk — 
the wind turns its blades.

Water — 
clear enough
to hide all secrets.
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David Grayson is an Oakland-based essayist and poet whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Modern Haiku, Cortland Review, Caveat Lector, moocat.net and several other journals.