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Bits of Brevity

January 25, 2014
By Anonymous

She woke up alone
A drop of sky
Slid down her cheek.

***

Funeral
Behind the mask
A smile.


The author's comments:
I used to really hate it when people didn't follow the 5-7-5 format and labeled their poem as a haiku (pet peeve moment), but I decided to give it a try and got addicted. Brevity can be liberating.

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