Haibun: Not Who He Was

I hit it off with him at the coffee shop and jumped on his campaign that day. I even gave some money to his efforts to win a local office. 

But I started to sense something wasn’t right, his campaign manager didn’t seem to want to work around him and always wanted to meet away from him. Finally, with her husband there, she told me how emotionally manipulative and abusive he was as a candidate.

We both quit suddenly and I quickly found out how quick and fierce his anger could be, but I  made the right decision and I’ve never regretted it.

fuzzy from afar 

but thorny and sharp up close

lonely winter days