A choir in the sky,
garden in the sea,
lark in my chest.
An island in our bed,
throbbing agony
caressed by your hand.
Moans and pain
born to your laughter,
raised in your tears.
Time and silence.
Clocks ticking.
March, 2009 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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