all that noise
through the paper-thin wall
in my motel room
I start counting
summer stars in the window
Tanka Corner Section of Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine
Reading More and Writing Better: Mockingbird's Song Tanka by Chen-ou Liu
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written for *Harper Lee’s 100th birthday*
I climb inside
my MAGA neighbor's head
to see his world ...
a mockingbird's song snaps
in two through half-sleep
...
