a mannequin
in red lace lingerie
on the night of stars
my love, with a coy smile,
stands before twenty-year-old me
NeverEnding Story, May 4, 2019
A Room of My Own: Wooden Jesus Tanka
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slanted sunlight
reaches Wooden Jesus on the cross
I close my eyes
... yet nothing whatever emerges
in my mind or my heart
FYI: This tanka could be read as...