Dad versus Thatcher - A Haiku Compilation by Ra Suhl

torch under pillow
glow in the dark on my mind
I pretend to sleep

Mad Missus Larkin
world's strictest dinner lady
kisses my grazed knee

sweet geometry
tarmac purrs under fat treads
my first BMX

Strood Working Men's Club
skidding kids told off again
someone shouts "full house"

Dad versus Thatcher
glass baubel thrown at TV
Christmas eve shatters

twin tape JVC
back spins on stolen lino
Hancock's Rockit drops

beneath swimming pool
dead pigeons, rude graffiti –
the secret tunnel

mum's at the clinic
in her grey batwing jumper
big sister's “not well”