Knocking From Inside

Sunday, October 03, 2021

To the Strangers Who Pass Me on the Sidewalk at Two Arms’ Length

we nod, smile
give each other permission
not to say hello

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Posted by Tiel Aisha Ansari at 4:59 PM
Labels: haiku, plague journal, poetry

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