early morning
outside the cancer center
a young man
takes another drag
on his last cigarette
All the Shells: Tanka Society of America Members' Anthology 2014
Butterfly Dream: Dead Cat Haiku by Michael McClintock
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*English Original*
dead cat ...
open-mouthed
to the pouring rain
*The Haiku Anthology*, 1986
Michael McClintock
*Chinese Translation (Traditional)*
一隻死...