Betty Kaplan, US

 

 

Haibun Meeting Charlie   I find it fascinating that voices do not change. Watching old movies, I always know the actors by their voices even in their different roles and different ages. Recently, I had a rather disturbing experience. I have kept in touch with a friend by telephone for the past forty years. He came to Florida and when we met, I expected to see the same old Charlie but a little older. To my dismay, I did not recognize him at all! Yet, when he spoke; there was Charlie, back once again. early morning awakened by a nightingale’s song

 

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