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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Selected Haibun: The Last Gaze

Slanting through the attic window, a ray of sunlight touches my coffee-stained desk.

I look out at the maple branches swaying in the breeze. From nowhere, I feel the stab of a memory -- you waving me goodbye.

mid-autumn moon...
the sound of the wind
colder

Kokako 16, April 2012