Loneliness assumes its wifely role at dawn
preparing for me three meals of tenderness
Moon is an unstable mistress after sunset
seducing me with the waxing and waning of its charms
Though polygamous, Dream is my true love
offering comfort no matter what the time of day
March 2010 issue of Word Catalyst
A Room of My Own: Stock Ticker Tanka
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words*, CCXCVI: "stock ticker "
a bruised girl’s hand
clutches a slice of bread
in pixels—
a stock ticker flashes past
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