the slow descent
into noisy silence
on New Year's Eve
a spasm of depression
grabs me by the throat
hedgerow, 64, Feb 12 2016
A Room of My Own: Orphanage Gate Tanka
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hand-me-down shirts
with elbows worn thin
in dim twilight
each boy's gaze tracks the couple
past the orphanage gate
*Added:*
this fresh morning
I wake al...
