TANKA............
Francine Porad, US 

 

best time by far                
for a fashion statement:         
lunch date with grandma         
over Vanessa 's dress              
a pooffy lace petticoat
 

shy bride's
"glowing smiles”—
this joining
could not be better planned
by mortals
 

nighttime chill—  
we discuss
death and dying
her distress
a tic in my eye
 

 

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