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• a spider on the floor tile— checkmate
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• cloudy day I wave at the neighbors I don’t know
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• last day of vacation— the blackberries won’t let me go
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• after the hurricane only the moon
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• dropping my dog off at the kennel her whine amid all the barks First published in Australian journal paper wasp, autumn, 2009.
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• cobwebs fill the curve of the snow shovel
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• workday’s end a construction worker pees into the summer sun
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• Her last summer each day brings a new flower
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• over my thoughts the hush of pines
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• seaside rest home the gentle swell of his belly