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| Issue 33: | August 2026 |
| Micro | Tanka Prose: |
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By Cynthia Bale
Honourable
Graffiti usually doesn’t happen underfoot, but there on the sidewalk someone had written in black marker: Sorry 4 stealing Bottles, feel bad I am Sorry 4 Bad Behaviour.
public apology in permanent ink— this sincerity would be so lonely in the legislature
Cynthia Bale’s
occupations have included library page, note-taker for Deaf university students, Tarot reader, and adult literacy worker. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, they now craft and parent on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta alongside their husband of 20 years. They are a 2025-2026 confluence Fellow whose work has also appeared in Bottle Rocket, Chrysanthemum, Eucalypt (a tanka journal), haikuKATHA, and other fine publications.
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