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Rated: E · Poetry · Political · #2109871
A poem in Tanka format, loosely about the world situation
An infinite jest
all of us merely players
on a vast world stage
Science, history, mere props
knocked askew - yet not altered



Tanka is a traditional unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of five lines of 5/7/5/7/7. Those are not necessarily syllables, though I tend to use them as syllables. You can read more at Tanka form  

Won 1st place in Round 6 of the Oriental Poetry Contest. (Great contest. Try yourself at Invalid Item .)
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