looped cursive ...
inside the brown envelope
gears and springs
“Okay, what’s going on?” my wife says.
I log off. Quickly look around my study, checking surfaces. Nothing beyond the three small cabinets. In one, Panerais, a Piaget, and a precious Lange & Söhne. The middle serves as a pedestal for watch-winders loaded with IWCs and a Rolex. In the third, Omegas. These she knows about, though not the others. They’re hidden behind books, beneath underwear, in fishing gear. Now, in their hundreds.
“I was on eBay,” I say. “Another Seamaster.”
partly restored ...
the scent of Dad’s sweat
in the strap
is the author of Tick-Tock, a haibun collection that received an Honorable Mention in the Haiku Society of America’s 2020 Merit Book Awards, and Eira (in press), a collection of haiku and haibun (both from Snapshot Press). Lew is also the co-author, with Roberta Beary and Rich Youmans, of Haibun: A Writer’s Guide (Ad Hoc Fiction, forthcoming). He is the haibun co-editor of Frogpond and holds an honorary doctorate from Bristol University. Born and raised in Wales, he now lives in Chicago with his wife, Roxanne Decyk. His other passions are fly fishing and gin martinis.
