In my medicine cabinet (by Jack Kerouac)

Jack Kerouac


In my medicine cabinet,
    the winter fly
has died of old age.



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(c) 1971 The Estate of Jack Kerouac

One of “Some Western Haikus,” which appeared in
Jack Kerouac’s Scattered Poems [City Lights Books]

For more Kerouac, I recommend these works:

     

Missing a Kick (by Jack Kerouac)

 

Jack Kerouac

Missing a kick
at the icebox door
It closed anyway.

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(c) 1971 The Estate of Jack Kerouac

One of “Some Western Haikus,” which appeared in
Jack Kerouac’s Scattered Poems [City Lights Books]