same old nightmare—
a used EpiPen
in the haystack
I used to pay my sons. For every horsefly killed. Got to be an expensive vacation. But hell, better than choking to death. Then they tried to raise the price. And again the next year. When I complained, they swatted late. After the fly had landed. Still have the scars from that spatula. Eventually, they simply stopped. Said it wasn’t worth it.
doctors and nurses
a granddaughter asks
if I want to be saved
is the author of Tick-Tock, a haibun collection that received an Honorable Mention in the Haiku Society of America’s 2020 Merit Book Awards, and Eira, a collection of haiku that received a 2023 Touchstone Award; both books are from Snapshot Press. Lew is also the co-author, with Roberta Beary and Rich Youmans, of Haibun: A Writer’s Guide (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2023). He is the haibun co-editor of Frogpond and holds an honorary doctorate from Bristol University. Born and raised in Wales, he now lives in Chicago with his wife, Roxanne Decyk. His other passions are fly fishing and gin martinis.
