no matter
what Father just said ...
his right hand
keeps erasing the words
on the blackboard of his mind
A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, June 2016
One Man's Maple Moon: Christmas Season Tanka by Michael Dylan Welch
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*English Original*
Christmas season --
a year later
in the glove compartment
a tissue packet
from the funeral home
*Eye to Eye*, 2023
Michael Dylan Welch
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