The Very Last Second

clouds shifting-- the moon dancing on puddles in syncopation the whiz and ping of bullets that he can no longer hear © nov cgh war tanka
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Pettit Avatar
December 10, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Good tanka, Charles. Just correct the misspelling in your third line. The word is correctly spelled "syncopation".
Dietrich Avatar
November 25, 2011 at 11:36 PM
This one is my favorite of the three I just saw. It's awesome!
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