written for courageous yet struggling Ukrainians who are missing their mothers on Mother's Day
a bouquet
of carnations wrapped
in moonlight
all that is left
are childhood memories
A Room of My Own: Stick Figures Tanka
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*This Brave New World*, CXX
spots of dried blood
in a soldier's diary:
a stick-figures sketch
shows recruits as "bait"
to shoot down a sniper drone
