Inspired by the year’s best movie, a top-ten list in haiku form.
10. Leave No Trace
birds quietly call
trucks incessantly rumble
in between, she hums
9. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
moon held in boy’s hand
drips of sweat and drops of rain
Alabama seen
8. Game Night
dull suburban minds
sharpened by lethal charades
don’t invite Gary
7. Private Life
infertility
should be no laughing matter
all hail Kathryn Hahn
black man in white face
KKK as minstrel show
another Spike prank
5. Zama
man stands by river
poses as a conqueror
colonial clown
capitalist greed
equisapien nightmare
Phones down! Phones down now!
glass rests on table
Scotch, Drano, Pepto-Bismol
will God forgive us?
2. Roma
dog shit all day long
a secular saint ascends
airplane crosses sky
1. Isle of Dogs
fear has been mongered
movies, at their best, bite back
it may snow tonight
