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Almost . . . (tanka)

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Mary Kendall

Ribbons, the Journal of the Tanka Society of America Fall 2018: Volume 14, Number 3

the long scar

down your chest

almost healed —

so hard to forget

you almost disappeared

Ribbons, the Journal of the Tanka Society of America
Fall 2018: Volume 14, Number 3

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catterel says:

January 19, 2019 at 4:24 am

I have one of those – abdomen, not chest. Thank you for summing up so succinctly and beautifully what it means.

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- Mary Kendall says:
  
  January 19, 2019 at 10:19 am
  
  Thanks…and so glad you survived as well. ❤
  
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Sheppy Vann says:

January 13, 2019 at 6:37 pm

This is beautiful and perfect for those of us who have a loved one who has had cardiac surgery. I remember my dad’s scar.

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patriciaruthsusan says:

January 13, 2019 at 4:35 am

Lovely, Mary. —- Suzanne

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  January 13, 2019 at 11:14 pm
  
  Thanks!
  
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