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eighteen summers
the glue remains
of a paper heart



A slight update was needed for this haiku. I can just about see some glue left from a couple of paper hearts stuck onto lamp posts from someone who had actually posted over half a dozen hearts (and a few chalk messages on pavements) on my route from work to home. It was very romantic, and her ploy worked, as we went out for a few years. ;-)


The original version:

fourteen summers
the glue remains
of a paper heart

The Haiku Calendar 2004
Snapshots Press ISBN 1-903543-07-X

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