... but where
are you really from?
the sharp knife of his gaze
tries to pry open
my immigrant memories
Haiku Page, 10, 2020
A Room of My Own: Stock Ticker Tanka
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words*, CCXCVI: "stock ticker "
a bruised girl’s hand
clutches a slice of bread
in pixels—
a stock ticker flashes past
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