Closeness

Some recent mullings around the idea closeness to jot on the excuse of Prompt 73: Closeness.
Not all constitute haiku’s brevity and resolvedness, suggestion rather than tell. Some are more lyrical shorts, one more an outline than a tanka, but decide as you may…
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from 3 rooms away
a breath change. Response:
“something you want to share?”
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the knife bloodier
than the finger
skeptical goodness
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bundle of dog
sniffing
leashed by a look
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100 acre farmsteads
fences in fallow –
who’s your neighbour?
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George Mercer Dawson‘s
memoir of portage,
1870s swamp –
dad’s story of cow,
Bear Island quicksand
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tight as hot oil
to wrist skin
the word “buddy”
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boy in the crosswalk
adjusts shoulders
matches his Dad’s
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walk thru a space
one person wide
– bang width of 2
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a double-headed shoulder
a couple watches stage
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eavesdrop surprised skin
leaning in a private word:
“ma’am fight against
the revolution”
leaf wet night street
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the tip-tap
nails approach
dawn