the flurry of white
between church steeples
in Ferguson
a line of police
clad in battle fatigues
the cops dart in
cleaving the crowd in two --
a black woman
yells in her husky voice
Don't be afraid! Stand your ground
Ferguson at dusk ...
his bony hands in the air
a black man
standing his ground
as police fire tear gas
NeverEnding Story, September 29, 2014
To the Lighthouse: Sensing Tanka: Perceiving Life Beyond the Ordinary
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(First presented by David Terelinck at Bowerbird Tanka Group meeting #6,
March 20 2011 and reprinted by kind permission of the author)
Much excellent tanka...
