inert, like grey stone
inside a ribbed dewar cage
she was all heart once
the drub and thrum of seasons
now preserved for the next world
by TONY SINGLE
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the piscean age
a fish shaped pillow
thrown to the secondhand shore
gasps amid rubbish
and nobody really cares
it’s an endangered species
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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DOLLY MIXTURE (With Love to Women) // A Jelly Bean Tanka
we are pretty sure
venus doesn’t want a riot
when she spins clockwise
mixing up her left and right
how very like a woman
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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guttersnipe
a big heavy cloud
that hangs out above your head
it’s a speech balloon
that’s crammed full with jumbled text
rubbish you shot from your mouth
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2021
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the day after
there are many things
i just cannot comprehend
why give them head space
why enshrine them in my heart
go ahead and call me fool
i wish only peace
serenity for the soul
merely do my best
i don’t need to beat a drum
nor have any notice me
someone conquers mars
someone sells bad bananas
someone invents worth
none of this matters to me
remember? i am a fool
you can laugh at me
but when you’ve become bankrupt
(i don’t mean money)
i’ll be gone, so far away
basking in another day
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2019
