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A tan-renga collaboration by Michael Dylan Welch and Amelia Fielden. Written 18 July 2011 on the ferry from Sidney, British Columbia to Anacortes, Washington. First published in Red Lights 8:2, June 2012, page 35. Also published in Amelia Fielden’s Conversations in Tanka, Port Adelaide, Australia: Ginninderra Press, 2014, page 112. See “Four Tan-Renga Sets” for additional tan-renga in this series.
empty crib—
new baby clothes
neatly folded Michael
some days definitely
longer than others Amelia
long after dark
dad still finds
the dent in his car Michael
more lawn mowing,
less pocket-money Amelia
no, I tell myself,
it’s not really
a grey hair Michael
sunlight flickering
through the mirror Amelia
forgetting where I put them
the pills to help me
improve my memory Michael
never too old to dream
I sign up for the choir Amelia
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