Singing Along

by Michael Dylan Welch and Tia Haynes

First published in Failed Haiku 5:49, January 2020, page 79. Originally written in August 2019 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the rengay workshop led by Garry Gay for Haiku North America.

tourist season

the long line

around the theatre Michael

not throwing away my shot

all our savings for a ticket Tia

date night

does your mother know

that we’re out Michael

death at the barricades

the moment I realize

men can cry Tia

half the audience gasps

before the chandelier falls Michael

seasons of love

we still sing along

weeks after the show Tia