Tanka-ka
Or Not Tanka
American tanka: Japanese influenced poetry that ignores rigid syllable guidelines; typified by an individualist, nonconformist sentiment.
1.
You step so cautiously
That sometimes you forget
To take a step
And I am left waiting,
Running far ahead
2.
You don’t realize
That your body
Might just save this one
This body might,
Just kill me
3.
What does all this stuff mean?
What does this world mean?
Long after I am gone
This shit will still be here,
Forgotten by everyone
4.
Internet porn
Seduces mens’ hearts
And objectifies their desires
5.
The destruction of the self is intolerable,
Everyone tells me
To destroy myself is unacceptable,
Little round pills
- Kinney Ryan