senryu cluster

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child running....

pepperoni has grown 

quite cold

.

porch light off...

    approaching people 

i print up reports

.

shrimp boat passes...

       hours spent 

standing on the pier 

.

new Tesla

moving at breakneck speed...

slowly sippin' this coffee

.

tattered emotions 

wrapping up her hair

she goes to bed

.

lunch stop—

      warm roast beef sandwich

and small coffee

.

transporting—different worlds behind closed eyes

.

cats

in

heat

couple

at

odds

.

rusted coffee pot granddad's 'spit' bucket

.

behind

curtains

a

buzzing

workforce

in

this

office

.

gray-blue

walls

for 

a

time

this

office

prison-

like

.

tired—


unable

to

string

together

words

.

hurriedly

counting

down

time

til

shift 

is

over

.

frayed

edges ...

her

apron

a

faded

cornflower

blue

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