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A tanka (5 syllables, 7, 5, 7, 7) about my mother.

(A tanka is a poem with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, 5 in the third, 7 in the forth, and 7 in the last.) 



My mother's temper,
Governed by chili pepper
And a well-worn whip,
Blew up and filled the whole house
With shattered tea pots and love.