no matter
what Father just said ...
his right hand
keeps erasing the words
on the blackboard of his mind
A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, June 2016
A Room of My Own: Whitewashed Road Sign Tanka
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*The Drowning Noise of Other Words*, CCLXXXVIII: "a whitewashed road sign"
dust swirling past
"<-- Tarqumia, Jerusalem -->
peace be with you"
under the sco...
