the broken ladder
to my childhood tree house
I climb down
from my midsummer dream
to realities on the ground
NeverEnding Story, September 1, 2019
A Room of My Own: Lingering Smell Tanka
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words*, LX: "suicide deaths"
the lingering smell
of blood-stained body parts
scattered everywhere
another soldier dies
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