3 line/2 line/ 1 line tanka string

a cascade of emotion...

writing the name of my ancestor 

in calligraphy—random things i do 

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purchasing ice cream for $3.45

a sudden thought about 

'shillings' and 'halfpences'' on my mind 

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boxes of lilies and roses 

this is the fifth year anniversary 

of manman's passing 

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trying to arrange my father's face in playdo— often im a prisoner of indifference

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throat parched 

what was migration to Louisiana like 

from Nova Scotia i often wonder 

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a desire to drink and drink...

some man buys me 

a hamburger and we speak about music

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a desire to sleep and sleep ...

smelling vanilla from somewhere pacing back and forth

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approaching Summer season ...

waiting for a bus ive asked God why things are boring

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argument in the next house barely listening turning over the eggs checking on the biscuits

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extensive arguments and debates he despises Louisiana Creoles because we despised 'Mérikin-yé' *Americans in Kouri-Vini

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after work stopping by Krispy Kreme a gentleman buys my order gives me his number

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lonesomeness: mopping the lobby floor this morning, Kouri-Vini classes will start Sunday afternoon

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kudzu flowers purchased in a off-the-path store. someone ringing my doorbell

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old man lustily working pullin' in fish rise and fall of a new incoming storm

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on a whim jumping into a parked car i feel like tacos from Jack'n the Box

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breathing in silence— the sound in my chest an incoming thunderstorm