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MY TANKA
insomnia - the cock's crow
shocks me of the
consuming secret love
how i wish to break this silence
to brighten up the days
warm and passionate
his first kiss
trails just off above
the cleavage
the crave to have that much more
a thousand images
swirl through the head
a million sensations
burst off
such meteoric fun
the sedated notes
of bali bamboo bell
greet me at the porch
it dance and twirl in the wind
as if not wanting me to leave
the smiling gods
and goddesses in old temple
so intense the smouldering incense
believers' devotion also seen
in the gods' soot-covered faces
smaller, shorter
these childhood lanes
the familiar scenes still vivid
the kites, the marbles, the games..
oh! this longing to see childhood friends
the most natural
film setting it can be
the maple leaves twirling, twisting
in so many ways
my heart affluttered
