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mosquitoneedles
I’ll say this until I can’t speak the trees are crying leaves nightly the frogs creak I’ll say I miss the way it used to be mosquitos kissed my feet, smog sung to me sweetly the sun barred its bright teeth For now I’ll be in my front lawn weeding clovers again, and reuniting the soil with friends from last spring, where I'll wait for luck to find me or watching foxes chase rabbits into headlights staring into their ultimate demise: uncertainty
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Jan 23
Jan 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC
I miss the way it used to be