Making Rounds

by Michael Neal Morris

I once worked as a security guard. When it was time to make my rounds, I would spend the time, perhaps to defend against the numbing sadness I felt much of the time at each post, composing little pieces. Each of these I would try to force into a rough tanka (concerning syllable count, not theme). The result was this sequence.

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First published October 25, 2009

About the author

Michael Neal Morris if the author of Based on Imaginary Events, Is It I, Rabbi, In Domestic News and Music for Arguments. He has published online and in print in a number of venues. He lives with his family outside the Dallas area, and teaches at the Eastfield campus of Dallas College. He posts at This Blue Monk and Two Cents On.