agreeing to therapy
dishes dry
on the rack
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Ben Gaa
Ben Gaa has an English Writing degree from Knox College and has haiku published in Acorn, Modern Haiku, Simply Haiku, A Hundred Gourds, The Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Shamrock, World Haiku Review and others. He currently resides in St. Louis, MO with his cat.
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Wonderful! There’s a letting go in the last two lines that is so interesting.
I agree with what Marilyn said about the letting go in the last two lines. Also, I'm struck by the seven-syllable first line — all the "weight" at the beginning, and the breakable dishes beneath. The dishes passively drying, not being flung across the kitchen in anger (if it's couples therapy that's being alluded to) — wow, an entire domestic story condensed into these little lines. Beautiful poem.