I followed today’s napowrimo.net prompt, which was to write a san san, which the site said consists of seven lines, with an a-b-c-a-b-c-d rhyme scheme, and repeats three words or images three times.

As it turns out, it is actually eight lines, and the rhyme scheme appears to be a-b-c-a-b-d-c-d.

Since my poem was originally written using the errant description, I have made a slight change so that it reflects the correct form.
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Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a san san, which consists of seven lines, with an a-b-c-a-b-c-d rhyme scheme, and repeats three words or images three times. My poem was influenced by the news of an earthquake in Japan a few hours ago, but uses the idea of earthquakes in more of a metaphorical (allegorical?) sense.
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