in bed

by Jon Petruschke

in bed
her ninja teaches her
the thousand ways to die

Jon Petruschke (he/him) is a psychotherapist and published author of short fiction and poetry. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, but currently resides in Portland, Maine where he has led a writing group for the past 20 years. His work has appeared in Modern Haiku, Presence, Tsuri-Dōrō, Akitsu Quarterly, Philly Fiction, Crosshatch Publishing, Under the Basho, Variant Literature, and Paper Wasp, among others. He has a book of poetry – Dream Haiku: Poems from Nights and Naps.