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October 23, 2017
By Sourkraut GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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I peer through darkness. I smell…
tasteless foods, whose odor leaves no hunger.
In boxes, shadows stream above.
As light shines, the door creaks open.
A figure stands clutching a book.
She takes two boxes, alone again.

© Matt F., Pierz, MN

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This is written in a Korean poetic form called Sijo. 

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