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Tanka #28

I will always serve,

It’s my nature and my

Vocation, I serve.

No one knows the past I serve;

My past, my future; I serve.

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Haiku #63

My past scares River,

River scares me. She knows me

And all my secrets.

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Haiku #64

I am Shepherd Book,

I now serve the one true God;

He is forgiveness.

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Haiku #65

I beat a lawman.

Now he’s dead, kilt threatening

A confused young girl.

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Tanka # 29

Rosemary is my

Spice; A man can eat protein

Cubes till Judgment Day,

If he has some Rosemary

To enhance his enjoyment.

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Haiku #66

Mal’s an instrument

He just doesn’t know it yet;

His good works are signs.

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Tanka #30

Believe in something;

You inspire too much belief.

Believe in yourself

If nothing else, you have to

Believe, it will lead the way.

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Haiku #67

She’s a rare beauty

Who’s tempting with out trying;

I must forget her.

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Haiku #68

The strain is welcome;

The effort allows me to

Forget for a spell.

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Haiku #69

The gun felt good in

My hands; Releasing death to

The one who killed us.