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Created on: December 11, 2009 Last Updated: December 12, 2009
Looking Back: When Rejection is not Painful
A Haiku and its sequel
Bee brushed my hand soft
Teased as if to sting; then gone
It did not want me
A random reject,
Smile by sweet pikake
And avoid the pain
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