Define:Haiku

after drunken fight
blood red shirt so wet and raw
throbbing in my teeth

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filled with sounds of pain
hallways stretch and teem with life
smoke above our heads

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meaning only to
show her how to love herself
he cradled her head

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in this day i want
to hold that soft new child
wet her with my tears

© 2005 by justin michael cresswell