low pressure system
tender, sensitive,
vulnerable, tightly-wound,
infuriated,
short-tempered, tear-filled,
nothing yet tear-spilled
—dotty seiter
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detail from a larger painting;
ink and watercolor pencil on paper
Let’s Face It With Friends series
2026
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Notes about poem and art:
• In “low pressure system” I play with haiku, using a standard syllabic 5-7-5 pattern to open an idea, then add a 5-5 couplet to heighten and close the exploration.
• The Friend Who Is Addicted, like the speaker in the poem, is tender, sensitive, vulnerable, tightly-wound, infuriated, and short-tempered but, unlike the speaker, she is gonna gosh-darned chew her way out to the other side of her feelings come hell or high water.
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