the news on mute ...
I'm quiet and quieter
as my old dog sleeps
Added: No More Fairy Tales, XXXVI
New Delhi draped
in layers of toxic haze
this sense of dread
as October rolls around
chokingly dark... and darker
FYI: New Delhi started the week with a PM 2.5 concentration nearly 80 times the World Health Organization’s recommended limit, according to Swiss air quality company IQAir (2023 survey)
And CNN, April 26, 2024: The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country, India
For more examples about mood haiku and tanka, see To the Lighthouse: Mood Haiku and Tanka
