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My Daily Tanka Jan 2, 2004
new year
moody and drained of joy
this passing year
adds another burden
in getting older
back to childhood lane
after so many years
the old buildings and new
road play back sounds and scenes
with fresh insights
in tropical forest
they play passion game
rubber seeds crack
and spiral down
a thousand ways
frost -
abandoned kitten
finds new home
the numbers turn
these sinful numbers
each time he says it
will be his last try
the numbers run after him
a pain with each tiny step
she helps chld
dad a million steps away
she longs to hear again
those familiar steps
bare winter leaves shiver
your warm breath
over my neck gentle
as this morning breeze
i too twist with delight
laundry rotates
spiralling the clothes
a million turns in my mind
the unremovable emotional
guilt from these fabrics
iran earthquake
china's poisonous gas
the year ends like end of world
past the halfway mark
late grandma's smile
flash back
her tea she insisted me
me finish for "all your goodness
