little one you look
so cute in your pink hoodie and
i think how i’ve known
you for ten years little pup
little girl with more gray hairs
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Author: Alina H. Hansen Writer & Poet
Alina Happy Hansen is a writer, poet, and blogger based in San Francisco. Besides writing nearly 24/7 and reading stacks of books, Alina enjoys watching classic horror films and listening to Stoner Metal. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in English with a Minor in Writing and Rhetoric Studies from The University of Utah.
Bowie Cancer Ate (Tanka)
Bowie cancer ate
you and I wonder how you
are up in the stars
Bowie i am here on Earth
listening singing dancing
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Breaking Into This (Tanka)
breaking into this
i pulled and pried your heart and
tore through something in
you and you you cried so loud
cause no one was supposed to
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Screen Capture My Face (Tanka)
screen capture my face
how pretty how sad how true
this lighting is harsh
skull skin eyes teeth hair hair hair
don’t filter refine post it
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Pad of Butter On (Tanka)
pad of butter on
toasted bread cup of green tea
thoughts twist and turn in
dawn light a sip a bite of
memories waking screaming
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