autumn begins a line of char from the fire

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summer's end strands of hair in the curry-comb

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last brick laid the apprentice loads the truck

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Labor Day the pale day moon

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filling the pause in traffic the fountain

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sunrise her hat bobs above the garden

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dad's hearing cold clothes in the dryer

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the wildfire rages he licks his chapped lips

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i place a pole for the red dragonfly

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gutting a fish i miss my dad

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remission a kid head-butts the air

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heat wave the scratch of a sun-dried towel

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stacking stones the sound of quick bare feet

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in the parking lot cars wait for the patients

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summer dusk the gate and i worn out

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night sweats a plum thuds to earth

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eating on the beach the sandwich bites back

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news of her death the orange agave blooms

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(for D. Claire Gallagher)

no rest for the flies the screen door slams and slams

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lazy day a koi comes up just to look

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