those days when we were like sheep herded into church by missionaries and told to keep our heads down, backs straight, and hands folded.
"Our Father in heaven, …Give us this day our daily bread… deliver us from evil."
Christmas Eve—
I turn my back on Jesus
to face the moon
Published in Multiverses,1, June 2012
One Man's Maple Moon: Hospital Chapel Tanka by Kirsten Cliff
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*English Original*
planning our wedding
in the hospital chapel
while I have chemo
I am not dying
but a part of me is
*Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka*, ...
