Three times a day for years,
I have sat alone
by the lake of mind.
I see your face
beneath the water,
we never get tired
of gazing at each other;
I call out to you,
silently comes an echo.
I dedicate these moments
to you alone, for you
I groom myself.
Fall, 2008 Issue of The Stellar Showcase Journal
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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