driving home for new

year blue but hopeful for the years

gone past and yet to come—

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skyline, trees, headlights

smudged on night’s smeared-up palette

wiping all away

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in the wash and wake

of darkness blinded, dimmed by light

while morning’s stirring

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31 December 2021

haiku and photo by freddie omm