Origami Messengers

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While long trips he would be away,
He learned from me the little swans  
He'd let loose in the evening, o'er  
The dreams I never had until  
 
His swans filled constellations with
Haiku and sisters Senryu  
That only I would see each night
That brought me his companionship
 
While he is far away from me
Till back home once again, we two,
When I will whisper in reply
My origami messengers:
 
I bring the night
in raiments' endless stars
to thee
 
will summer
dare outshine their heat
in vain to place
 
my love,
the solstice waits at will
its turn at last
 
till then
let crickets still their trill
to hear our thrum.
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