senryu cluster

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slow afternoon-exacting my revenge:-pink slip...

pennies-at bottom of drawer:-domestic living

slate grey skies, what i remember most about *mémèr

*grandma in Kouri-Vini


rock in pond, my reflection shudders for minutes

River of Heaven—humans walk along its bottom

scribbling meaningless verse, its Wednesday im tired

in my boredom, polishing my halo...Caravaggio smiles

wind passing-through my bones-willow trees bloom

in grey wind, adjusting how i appear to others

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