Haikus From the Coal Region
#1
Dad slugs snowy rocks
Cold anger breaking the ice
“Who wants some ice cream?”
#2
Uncle John is gone
They marched him into the woods
Another secret kept
#3
Still waters run deep
Especially for Timmy
Strip mines need good fences
#4
Ten to life up north
A catered room with a view
Statutory rape
#5
An old mining town
Filled with pin oaks and brown deer
Burning from below
#6
Scores of old nanas
Stuffing cabbage in church halls
Food for the needy
#7
A fun fair with rides
With food, fun and families
That carnie is drunk
#8
Fresh maple syrup
Tapped into old groves of trees
Corn syrup’s cheaper
#9
Pennsylvania
Two cities with hicks between
Still not Ohio
#10
Steam trains to nowhere
Winding through old brick houses
All factories gone
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