Streetlight Tanka
Pulse of lights
he hops into a taxi
to wherever she won’t be
too tall an order
the city whispers
Giant daisies
yellow glow
the streetlamps dance
before his very eyes
he kisses them goodnight
Copyright© 2013, by Virginie Colline. All Rights Reserved.
Virginie Colline is a French translator living in Paris. You can read her latest poems in Egg, Seltzer, Yes, Poetry, BRICKrhetoric, Overpass Books, Winamop and Mad Swirl, among others.
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