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Chris D Aechtner Apr 2022
people wait in line
to receive injections:
lumps of curdled cream
floating in the coffee,
expired prematurely


4.16.2022
5/6/5/6/6 English contemporary syllable count

Includes a traditional kakekotoba (pivot/"swing bridge")

Metaphor & symbolism stays intact when the tanka above is read from bottom to top

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