tanka cluster

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thinking 

ill take a class

..ballroom dancing 

with each moment 

Fall comes closer 

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really soaking up 

these cool days...

really wanting

something exciting 

to happen in my life

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church day...

watching 

mémær put on 

cinnamon colored

stockings on

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after 1 am 

giving myself 

time 

before i work down 

this blood sugar

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warm milk

on the stove

what is this thing

that sticks in 

my craw

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dream of kids

playing 

in dense crabgrass

my brother´s addiction

intensifies

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