Time Warp

 

Time Warp

By Robert Kingston

 

The bang came after the hammer, followed by tiny taps and the scrape of raw metal over pointed steel. Again! This time though the clang of a dead spot, and somewhere an unintended split lets loose a ray of light.

blow torch
over a flambé 
the two of us
still celebrating 
after forty years

Published; Contemporary haibun online - 22.1 spring 2026