HAIKU TRIPTYCH: PORTLAND
First Date
scruffy tattooed men
straddle bikes to kiss in rain
fair trade coffee breath
Valentine
your vintage plaid shirt
like the one my ex had worn
recycles my heart
Breakup
your chickens are gone
so is your recipe box
but the food cart’s mine
Michael Montlack is the author of the poetry collection COOL LIMBO (NYQ Books) and the editor of the Lambda Finalist essay anthology MY DIVA: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them (University of Wisconsin Press). His work has recently appeared in Cimarron Review, Barrow Street, The Cortland Review, Hotel Amerika, and Narrative Northeast. He lives in NYC.