the playground
filling with laughter
and gossip …
a pregnant teen waddles
behind her toddler
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
遊園地
笑いに満ちている
そして噂話...
妊娠している十代の子がよたよた歩く
よちよち歩きの幼児の後を
Akita International Haiku Network, March 30, 2019
A Room of My Own: Normal Life, A Soap Bubble
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my friend turns
forty the age his father died
he mutters
*the Grim Reaper haunts me*
*like my walking shadow*
breaking news
at the first light of spring daw...