(Tanka / Senryu Combo) 09.22.21

I have seen roses
unfolding in the morning
—more ready than I—
I should have risen with them
Summer has forsaken me.

Now I am bereft.
Mid-afternoon Equinox
I can find no rose

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Weekly Scribble #88
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