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David Grayson

Second Life

I bought it used for six dollars. It was tan with a shag collar and fraying along the cuffs. A few people joked that it was a pimp jacket. But one friend called it my “Milosz coat,” named after the poet I wanted to be.

on the sleeve
a cigarette burn—
moonrise

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About the Author

David Grayson lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family. He has been writing haiku and related forms for twenty years. His first book, Discovering Fire: Haiku & Essays, was published by Red Moon Press in 2016.