Tanka: ‘Dark Times’

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Haiku: Neptune

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Ruler of the sea
A vast ocean of deceit
Hidden histories

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Haiku: Escape

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How did you do it?
Playing by the given rules
Beat at their own game

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Haiku: Fakery

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How could you do it?
I thought you were genuine
Wasted investment

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Haiku: Trumped!

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It’s cloak and dagger,
yellow brick roads to nowhere.
Now we are all trumped

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