Inspired by Issa - While i was away

just a little while
to live
a little while
to die
slit in between
a drama
of senses

inspired by

while I was away
just for a while...
a splendid young bamboo!
-Issa,1819

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poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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