Tanka Tuesday
Exchange sharp gold fish
for black coffee and old dogs
wishes of spring dawn
for hard acceptance of pain
and frozen January
© Jilly’s 5/16/2017 All Rights Reserved
Exchange
Tanka Tuesday
Exchange sharp gold fish
for black coffee and old dogs
wishes of spring dawn
for hard acceptance of pain
and frozen January
© Jilly’s 5/16/2017 All Rights Reserved
Jilly's 
I like the trade-offs offered here. The tone is very much a melancholy, wish-we-had-better-options. Always opt for coffee!
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Yes, I’ll take the coffee and old dogs too. The “sharp gold fish” is a fresh and arresting phrase.
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No idea where it came from. Born of stress, perhaps? 🙂
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