she asks me
what is the color
of loneliness . . .
in the woman before me
I see a girl veiled in black
Hundred Gourds, 1:4,2012
A Room of My Own: Shard of Sunlight Tanka
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*just to be alive ...*
one long shard of sunlight
through a gap
in the bedroom curtains
touches my tear-streaked face
FYI: L1 alludes to the following:
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