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Freestyle Haiku Sequence…

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hugging her dolly…

a make-believe mummy

loving her baba


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celebrating

his first stand-up wee…

a big boy now


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running down the lane…

a child in pink wellies

looking for puddles


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a young boy

with a new umbrella…

hoping for rain


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driving her to school…

she checks her lip gloss

in the vanity mirror


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listening to old stories…

the boy’s eyes flit

to his iPad


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