Ruth Holzer
Theater
After an evening of Restoration comedy, I step out into the noise and light of the West End and hurry toward Piccadilly Circus for the train back to the suburbs, when, as the crowds thin, I notice a man following me—his shadowy figure persisting in the periphery of my vision—no, not again, I think, as I zigzag a detour into Soho and lose him in a maze of alleyways, then reach the station near the statue of Eros forever taking aim at the tourists, and pop into the loo where a dwarf standing on a box is drinking out of the washbasin.
Shepherd's Bush
a couple of strays
stuck together
About the Author
Ruth Holzer‘s poems have appeared previously in contemporary haibun online as well as in Acorn, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Presence, red lights, and Ribbons. She has served as a co-editor of Haibun Today and assistant editor of tinywords. Her haibun collections are Home and Away and On the Way to Man in Moon Passage (both published by dancing girl press).