A Deprivation

by Frank J. Tassone · 2 July 2015

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Haibun Poem

The sound of Screeching steel alongside our house. A hot July 3rd; we look up from our empty dinner plates on the deck table.

The ventilation fan of our central air conditioner screeches again. Then it runs smooth. Then it screeches one last time. I arrive in time to watch the blades slow and stop.

A new motor won’t be available until after July 4th.

ceiling fans whirling
laying on our bedsheets
uncovered

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Frank J. Tassone

Frank J. Tassone lives in New York City's "back yard" with his wife and son. He fell in love with writing after he wrote his first short story at age 12 and his first poem in high school. He began writing haiku and haibun seriously in the 2000s. His haikai poetry has appeared in Failed Haiku, Cattails, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun Online, Contemporary Haibun, The Haiku Foundation and Haiku Society of America member anthologies. He is a contributing poet for the online literary journal Image Curve, and a performance poet with Rockland Poets. When he's not writing, Frank works as a special education high school teacher in the Bronx. When he's not working or writing, he enjoys time with his family, meditation, hiking, practicing tai chi and geeking out to Star Wars, Marvel Cinema and any other Sci-Fi/Fantasy film and TV worth seeing.