I hold
the mirror of my life
up to my face.
I see
a man in black
staring back at me.
With a swing
I smash the mirror.
The day and I
grow dark as one.
Winter 2009 issue of Rust+Moth
Butterfly Dream: Deaf Man Haiku by Bill Pauly
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*English Original*
the deaf man
at his windowpane
touching thunder
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Bill Pauly
*Chinese Translation (Tradit...