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transformed, surviving,stumbling along the coastline:oil-covered penguin
entering the waterbending the river's path:hippopotamus
listening to the night,he wonders, do bats hear traffic noiseor the wind through the trees?
gliding across the roomhair fallen, covering one eye --fascinating
while boy and dog scanthe sea for signs of fathercat stares down raven
leath'ry sea turtleunder cover of darknesslays eggs on the beach
Separated loversmeet by chance for the first timein fifty-two years.
Susan stands alonein a meadow filled with greenwhite and yellow
faltering, famishedcheetah slinks through the tall grassseeking subsistence
as waves crash the shoresky and sea spotlight the womanbare-legged in red and blue
extra hot salsaprovides an exclamation pointI didn't want
grey houselong departed owneruntended garden
sleeparrives too latedeparts too soon
raspberry bushwith a niggle of rednessthat doesn't belong