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Cheerfully Empty

Renee D. Bickmore 1970 (St. Helens, OR)

Haiku
My mind may be tense
Free of bubbly action
Yea, I never quit.
My honor may guile
When I'm up against a wall
Like Humpty Dumpty.
~RD

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Written on March 29, 2023

Submitted by reneebickmore70 on March 30, 2023

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Characters 131
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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