Had I but started

Had I but started
Jemmy'd have two mittens now
Ha! Napoleon!

Haiku Bones prompt of the week - wistful

My happy gun

It haunts me sporadically
That single shot derringer cap pistol
Lost with childhood

Haiku Bones prompt 1: wistful

Billiards

Chimney glass dimmed with soot
Creaking tittering as the mantle shivers
Primeval atoms yearn for flight

Haiku Bones prompt 1: wistful

I love the idea of ancient trapped molecules in kerosene - created by the ur-Sun stabbing into ancient oceans and plants. Then bouncing around in a kerosene lamp flame, liberated and giving light on a windy coastal night.