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Do the double tanka with me! Two stanzas, five lines each, 5-7-5-7-7 syllable form each stanza (see my "Bonkers" for something of an example). Tag me, if you please! #doubletanka
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Love is Sacrifice

My wife is fading,

losing herself to raise kids.

No time for her own,

just school, homework, and housework.

No thanks, no recognition.

Little ones know Mom.

Cooker, cleaner, nagger, Mom.

I know Angela.

Dreamer, lover, partner, friend.

Will they ever know her, too?