Not necessarily writing “poetry” at 3:59 am
Some of the people you consider “phonies” are:
a. just nervous and awkwardly trying to engage you in the best way they know how.
b. being genuine, but you are distrustful of people who smile at you.
c. just some phony-ass people.
HAIKU 2022 #69.
They sell their daughters
to mitigate poverty
in Afghanistan.
HAIKU OF THE DAY 07-28-2022
Observed over summer “deep cleaning” in a Chicago Public School
Keith M. Kelley | Poet 