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331. dribbling milk
     on baby’s chin
     spring snow
     
332. baby-powder the snow just keeps on falling
     
333. snow drops–
     a diaper hoard
     collected
     
334. drying nappy
     did quite fade away–
     drifting white snowflakes
     
335. clothesline nappies
     i see, when gazing out,
     briefly flitting snowflakes
     
336. afternoon snowflakes
     the numbers do mount up–
     drying nappies
     
337. folded nappies
     ceaselessly
     snow falls
     
338. falling nappies
     you can count them all–
     snowflakes
     
339. unfolding nappy
     indistinguishable is
     Heaven’s clouds
     
340. soiled nappies blossoms i should not tread
     
341. meadow nappies
     gazing from afar
     withered chrysanthemums

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*Readers, i swear i am doing my very best to keep updated with my posts, but long, and longer work hours have me sleeping, eating, then off to work i go 😉

320. new moon—
     mum pulls a tissue
     from her sleeve
     
321. summer blizzard
     all of grandmum’s hair
     bobs against my face
     
322. grandmum’s hair
     falling and settling:
     summer avalanche
     
323. snowball—
     grandmum offers
     scrunched-up tissue
     
324. galaxy’s edge
     in her teddy bear’s
     eyes
     
325. grandpa’s beard
     tickling my face…
     summer grasses
     
326. caressing
     grandpa’s beard…
     snowy thicket
     
327. light snow
     grandmum arranges
     crib blankets
     
328. summer avalanche!
     every morning grandpa shaves
     his beard
     
329. snowballs
     heaps of grandmum’s hair
     sinks
     
330. snowballs
     mum’s old shoebox full
     of love-letters