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Okie Cavies
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Jan 2016
War
He was just alive
beside me, laughing at my
***** jokes, shaking
his head in shared silent mirth.
His last words – ‘Stop it, Joe, you’re-‘
An attempt at tanka, which as I understand it is similar to haiku format, but with 5 lines of 31 syllables in all, distributed 5-7-5-7-7.
#war
#death
#battle
#tanka
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