I wrote about the birthday boy and his tank parade, and the great weakness inherent in fascist shows of power.

And about how the people of the country *are* the country.

As a bonus tie-in, my answer to the standard terf question "what is a woman."

https://www.the-reframe.com/shows-of-weakness/

fast growing bamboo

tallest of the tall grasses

first to reach the sun

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#sun
#nature
#bamboo
#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt
(tall grass)

nodding seed heads
mark puppy's pounce
in tall grass

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - tall grass

busy man

flies hither and yon

jet lag blues

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#blues
#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt
(flies)