Most nights on tour she mixes a packet of soup with hot water from the tap but today she considers the smoked oysters, careful to choose a tin she can open easily. On her way through the deli, she picks up a napkin and plastic fork.
vivace
her thighs grip
the cello
Harriot West lives in the Pacific Northwest. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals including Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Heron's Nest and bottle rockets. A selection of her work is included in New Resonance 5: Emerging Voices in English Language Haiku published by Red Moon Press.