February 27, 2012

Naomi Beth Wakan

TWO TANKA

what
are sandwiches
without sand?
the sea-breeze lifts
the edge of the picnic cloth

* * *

the day
after he died
she started
to wear his old sweater
the bottom edge unraveling

from Rattle #35, Summer 2011
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