Nightlight

by Michael Dylan Welch and Geneviève Wynand

First published in Haiku Canada Review 18:1, February 2024, page 68. Originally written on Zoom, 15 October 2023, during a meeting of the Vancouver Haiku Group, with the last verse added 16 October 2023 via Messenger on Facebook.

goth toddler

the second-hand stroller’s

broken wheel Michael

her name in fresh ink

goth toddler Geneviève

eating the biscuits

left out for the dog

goth toddler Michael

fingernails polished

with ten black olives

goth toddler Geneviève

crossing goth with toddler

Scrabble night Michael

the nightlight left on

for her teddy bear

goth toddler Geneviève