To My “Lady’s Slipper”

Petals, like white light,
consoling my solitude;
my refuge, in the pale pink
of your lip. My heart’s
chanting in champagne bubbles,
tipsy, tearful, and bewitched.



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Sedoka is a japanese form with syllable-count as
1st line: 5 syllables
2nd line: 7 syllables
3rd line: 7 syllables
4th line: 5 syllables
5th line: 7 syllables
6th line: 7 syllables