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. | Id | Haijin | Stanzas | Season | Kigo | Link | Theme:
Small Dangers | Theme:
Openings | Theme:
Indulgences | |
. | 1 | /vs | Cascades of pink
among windowsill cacti —
first openings. | Autumn | Christmas cactus | To 6: Pink | Prickly cactus spines | Christmas cactus blossoms | Cactii beauty | |
. | 2 | /vs | Popcorn out of the microwave —
steam bursts from the corners. | No Season | n/a | To 1: Opening(s) | Hot steam | Popcorn bag | Snack food | |
. | 3 | /vs | Weight watcher —
the host offers her another
piece of cake. | No Season | n/a | To 2: From an oven | Gaining weight | Mouth | High-calorie dessert | |
. | 4 | /vs | Channel surfing —
a new gadget shown on
the shopping channel. | No Season | n/a | To 3: Watching | Spending frivolously | New product | Gadgets | |
. | 5 | /vs | Crowded holiday mall —
she squeezes his hand tighter. | Autumn | Fall holiday | To 4: Shopping | Child getting lost | Hands | Shopping | |
. | 6 | /vs | A stubborn cork
finally comes loose —
bottle of Rosé. | No Season | n/a | To 5: Squeezed | Inebriation | Bottle | Wine | |
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. | Technical Notes: | | | | | | | | | |
. | 5. Fall holiday (e.g. US Thanksgiving). The "she" in this verse could be a mother squeezing her son's hand. It could also be a man and woman with the squeeze being a little symbol of the love between them. The small danger is that they may spotted in the mall and their secret relationship could be exposed. | | | | | | | | | |
. | The feeling of celebration in verse 5 and the feeling of Rosé wine being poured in verse 6 reminds one of the pink cascades in verse 1. | | | | | | | | | |
. | Each verse highlights a small danger. None of them are too serious and in most cases they are all fairly unlikely to happen for most of us. | | | | | | | | | |
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