A series of fragments erased from The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
do not be. An asking-to-be-exploited light jacket
daisy shining. Are you sure you can help me?
inequities of the word. Finger the edge of half moons
lists of syllables. Unstrap the evening
to darkness. And the radioed questions of progress
turn into a crayon. Beautiful and cold in gloved hands
tranquilize everybody with a finger flick. Before they change
in the close-walled room. A stack of drawings of feet in blue socks
a toy-size box of notes. Answers and farther-reaching thoughts
unclamp the night. Long, short, long
ribboned smoke. Speak to someone east of nice
dying among the stars. Lighted snow
Shloka Shankar is a poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. A Best of the Net nominee and widely published haiku poet, Shloka is the Founding Editor of Sonic Boom and its imprint Yavanika Press. She is the author of the haiku collections The Field of Why and within our somehows, as well as co-author of the haiga anthology, living in the pause. WEB INSTAGRAM
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