Big Eyes Small Mouth

A poem about our pandemic love affair with a subscription to an anime streaming service.

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No, not a haiku,

At least not primarily,

But haiku to start.

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We love the mechs we always knew,

The pirates and the kings,

We love the schoolkids, wizards, too,

And dragons with their wings.

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The heroes questing for their goals,

And youkai, weapons, ghosts,

The children bargaining their souls,

To demons or their hosts.

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We love the bad translations here,

The subtitles of length,

"Weaknesses they're not," we cheer,

To us, they are a strength.

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They help us understand an art,

A culture and some myths,

They keep us learning more in part,

Important for wordsmiths.

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Our best pandemic purchase, true,

The most useful by far,

For when we're missing you and you,

It is a shining star.

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A glimpse into another place,

A time and culture, too,

It's kept us sane in any case,

Don't scoff, you know it's true.