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19 October 2009

Haiku 292

(for an ivory statue of mother and child from Japan, old enough to have lost a butterfly perched on the mother's hands)

Childish hands reach up:
Time broke off the butterfly,
Mama's hands remain
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2 comments:

  1. Shushu6:43 PM, October 20, 2009

    And then the whole history of the world changed, right?

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  2. vicmarcam7:03 PM, October 22, 2009

    I keep returning to read this one. Mama's hands remain. So sweet and true.

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