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  1. .
    codependent
    a flaw
    deep in the diamond

    —REBECCA DROUILHET

    Definitely an interesting juxtaposition. Reading up on diamonds they sound so unglamorous!

    Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon…
    The cutter has to decide which flaws are to be removed by the cutting and which could be kept.
    The diamond can be split by a single, well calculated blow of a hammer to a pointed tool, which is quick, but risky. Alternatively, it can be cut with a diamond saw, which is a more reliable but tedious procedure. WIKIPEDIA

    The pairing that is so often a feature of haiku works so well here!

    warm regards,

    Alan

  2. Or… a double play.

    Great!
    __ Of course Rebecca, I may be accused of disrespect and ignorance in my response to your fine verse, but that is certainly not my intent. With a deep smile, my "juxtaposition" is a metaphoric view of that universal "diamond". Haiku / senryu; read by other eyes; the change. Smiles! _m

  3. Rebecca-
    This haiku arrived on my 75th birthday; the diamond one. Your verse is so incisive with such an economy of words! Thanks so much for this work.

    carol

  4. Wonderful haiku. This speaks to me of buried childhood wounds often at the heart of codependency. Really elegant and beautiful way of expressing it.

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