the road covered
in a thin film of ice …
a teenager
raises her middle finger
to the evening sky
Micropoetry, Nov. 13, 2013
A Room of My Own: Butterfly Kite Tanka
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words*, LIX: "Rafah's border wall"
the kids stare
beyond Rafah's border wall
the slow descent
of a butterfly kite
sever...