A flower in perfect bloom
caught at its peak
then cut and shipped around the world,
wrapped in plastic,
awaiting its death on a shelf.
Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry which translates as "short song." It is 31 syllables and often broken up into five lines of 5/7/5/7/7 syllables.
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