SLEEPLESS HAIKU

Still no sleep tonight.

Cheap motel room, jet lag heat.

I can smell the sweat

of yours left on my body.

I take a shower,

then smoke seven cigarettes.

I love you from here:

the distance of rushing trains.

A Native Oregonian, LORI HUSKEY lives in Portland where she works as an arts administrator. She received  her BA from San Francisco State University and is completing her MA at Portland State University.

POETRY