Tagged: tanka
it happens to four
it happens to four
out of five, an awakening
that concept should take
precedence only sparingly
in art, another A-plus
.
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between fatherhood
between fatherhood
and dadhood are lines drawn, erased,
redrawn, dashed, dotted,
crossed, bolded, retraced – never
to get right, nor to get even
.
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the struggle to be
the struggle to be
fully human and to see
that others are full-
ly human plays out over
and over – do we ever learn?
.
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there is something and
there is something and
nothing cute about finding
a salamander
in the dark or a lizard
in your bedroom – we both freeze
.
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the golden age is
the golden age is
always a fairy tale, between
those who remember
it for us and the stories
we sell ourselves to survive
.
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it’s never quite clear
it’s never quite clear
whether a radish should be
used or not – we test
its versatility by
relying on a discount
.
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the vegetables that
the vegetables that
woo our parents are not as
sophisticated
as the ones that woo us today –
and still, a bacon strategy
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: bacon
