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Rated: E · Poetry · Cultural · #1708799
Tanka, a Japanese poetic form. 31 syllables in phrases of 5-7-5-7-7.
Two happy children

Living in a state of bliss

Smiling up at me

I tear up as it hits me

Like all things, they too must die.

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