American Cinquains, Vol. II

Sep 15, 2024

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I.  Rare

    How rare
    These days to see...
    You could have spent or saved
    But somehow chose instead to give...
    What gives?

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II. Difficult Pedagogue

    Oh Pain
    My bright teacher
    How tenderly you smack
    Keeping me upright, on the mend
    For now

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III. Downsizing

    Marie 
    Kondo, will you
    help me to give away
    my Roth IRA? Will we be wiser
    someday?

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IV.  What if

    What if
    The world was good?
    Could we also be good?
    Or would our presence undermine
    What was?