for naturalized Canadians
a giant Maple Leaf
in the ceremony
I answer
to my English name
with a twinge of sadness
Atlas Poetica, 21, 2015
A Room of My Own: Time Span Tanka
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in blossom rain
my pink-haired daughter laments,
*we'll all die one day...*
I reply, let's hope
the time span makes life unique
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