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Wonderland Conundrums

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1
How did white roses
grow in so malevolent
a place? No time left,

even if scarlet paint could
save us. We've reached our last day.



2
A vanishing cat
leaves its grin behind! Can you see
it, lodged in your mind?

I can spot oxymorons
easily. No grin fools me.
These two pieces were written and posted separately in August 2010, with the titles Sentenced and Catnip.

I've decided that they belong together, as a companion to my other Alice piece, Yearning In Wonderland [link]
© 2012 - 2024 AlecBell
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old-scorpio1979's avatar
Very good - though only the form is tanka, the expression is western - I hope you don't mind my saying that...