After The Migration

Is this the way it will always be—

I see the ripples

but not the fish that splashed

I see the long shadows

but not the sunset

I always hear the lonely mallard’s cry

after the migration

It won’t last—

My life is not some profound haiku,

brief syllables muttered once

upon a time

 
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