06. Invisible Puppeteer

duvet vibrates
bed rattles against bed board
oh! here he is again
pulling and jerking my legs
The Invisible Puppeteer
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(Published in Eucalypt, A Tanka Journal, No. 10, May 2011, p. 21)
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05. Marionette

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(a)  a tanka

A marionette
I have become, overnight
Strings attached to
Head, shoulders, hands, knees and toes
For the invisible hands

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(b)  a haiku

a marionette
strings tied from head to toes for
invisible hands

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Nepalese Puppets. Photo by Simon Steinberger from Ulm. Deutschland.
CC0 License Public Domain.
Photo from: http://pixabay.com/en/nepal-dolls-figures-colorful-400/