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blueberry bushhalf-visible through the windowblowin' in the wind
drowsing on the sillignoring birds and squirrelsorange cat
circle in the sandslowly erased by the tide--uncreated
dark clouds unleash rain--river rises, overflowsreclaiming stolen land
Independence Daywhen floods cancelled the cookoutsin Kerr County
natural gardenin the clearing by the pathwild strawberries grow
snakes as utensilsdragon fire to cook and bake--dangerous kitchen
the old womanlicks her thumb and index fingerreaches toward me...
bare spot belowthe birdfeeder--pigeonspecking peony petals
wildflower fieldan embarrassment of color--caws of a murder
somewherein the recesses of my mindno anxiety
dark clouds unleasha month of rain in an hour--what was there is gone
cryptic messageon a crumpled yellow post-it:TONIGHT AT 9
warm bedpit-a-pat of raincat's meow