A Tanka By The Banks(a)
Hikari…
Now mourned’s the passing peace of night, its flight flown with the scorching licks of star-fire at its torn ‘n frayed heels.
‘Ray’byun camels c’lect their stores in sanded, varnished vista.
Shape ‘n send forw’d the currents riv’ring by! With your time-warped scraps the bed doth lie suffused!
Nurtured’s the roots of grass that grows again.
As the sunlight stole away, the counter-culture quarter lit the dusk.