86

Haiku structured stanzas strung together. I think I managed to keep the spirit of the haiku even as I told a longer story. For things I can't name, I'm just numbering. As the previous one was 85, this one is 86.

Precisely a year
I am like the Fisher King
The pain is still here

My dear assailant
Liar, traitor, beloved
Justice, please strike soon

What a bitter day
For I still bleed everywhere
Today it hurts more

Perhaps a good knight
Will be merciful today
And end this by force

No such mercy comes
I exist in sheer agony
Suffering alone


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