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seductive decay
seductive decay / on summer days we / rode down the river in our ripe age,
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dogwood mail
driving south / to see trees in bloom / after a night of sleeping in the snow
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backyard scene
on a sapphire lawn, / a glass vase of mushrooms / stands on its head.
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five pm, midwinter
five pm, mid-winter / i thank Sky for taking sweet time. / Sky sets her thumb on the light-switch of the land.
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Sympathy for Cyclops
When they came to my island, the / hero and his crew (more like / an invasive species
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The Boy Who Played the Piano
seven years young, always sharing a still smile. / You find him decked out and drowning in choir robes, with / Golden curls placed gently on a hammered head.
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View from the Streetcar
View from the Streetcar / [[[Come with me to the pow-wow tonight: / we will make toasts with neon shots of jello
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barnyard montage
a possum is smoking a cigarette on / top of a small barn in the field. / inside the barn, a mama births
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Cave Games
Cave Games / When we sit at the long picnic tables, / twenty of us in the ocean by the cave,
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Dignified Sparrow Looking for Weekend Love
A White-Rumped Snowfinch / (Montifringilla Taczanowskii to be precise) / from a fat mother,
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