Marjolein Rotsteeg

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Published writer and poet in English, Dutch & French. *Touchstone Award winner *Book: 'Cherchez la femme. Travestie als fenomeen'(Vassallucci,1996) *Former music journalist #haiku #writing #poetry #cats #nature #art 🚫Begging 🚫love, religion, 'Hello' DM's

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the dying body
being held
cherry blossom pink

--Shinko Tokizane

死に体を抱かれていたり桜いろ　時実新子

Note: 死に体, lit. "dying body," is a sumo term, according to the dictionary, referring to a "falling position from which it is impossible to recover"; it's also a homonym with "I want to die"

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