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A Haiku For No One

The One Where My Wife Dies and Haunts Me
15 October, 2007

A vivid nightmare
That mimics reality
Disorients me.

from the imagination of Anonymous @ 7:56 AM,

3 Thoughts:

At 5:13 PM CDT, Lisa wrote...: Jake:

Does this really happen? Why do suppose that is?
At 7:49 PM CDT, Anonymous wrote...: I mean that the nightmare was really real, and my wife died in it, and I begged her to haunt me, which she did. She ended up just nagging me about minor things the whole time with a spectral voice.
At 8:14 PM CDT, Rachel wrote...: Hahah! Now this is a woman I can admire.

I hope she comforted you when you jerked awake? Or did she just laugh?

I love the haiku...very minimalist and very meaningful. Good job.