the 4th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
to me, time is
an endless stream of thens
I turn away
from this new Canadian
to avoid his gaze
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
A Room of My Own: The Longest Yet the Shortest Night
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*Trump Empire, Inc.*, III:
*once upon a time*
*Rome was a Republic ...*
my teacher laments
gazing at the White House
in the gathering dark
*the dumb, no,*
...