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Friday, January 30, 2009

Haikus for a Friend in the Parking Lot









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After the meeting
waiting for Mark to come out,
I saw a good friend.

I think to myself,
"It's quite a coincidence
seeing David here."

"What are the chances
that we're here on a weeknight
in the same church lot?"

But then it hit me:
I forgot that David is
a sex addict too.

These 12 Step meetings —
weeknight evenings in this church —
were how he met Mark.

After all these years,
holidays, birthdays, dinners,
he's just our friend Dave.

Mark comes. I tell him:
addiction's forgettable;
laughter shakes our car.


This haiku post was
originally published
at The Second Road...


A different haiku
for this Haiku Friday was
right here on my blog.

1 comments:

  1. "laughter shakes our car"... I love it. We go into a meeting and perform some kind of emotional and mental surgery on this crap disease, with only God and each other to guide us, NO ANESTHESIA, and then IF we are graced with acceptance laughter shakes our car all the way home. Thanks Mary for a great post
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