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small talk…
the enormity
of the heat
dog day cicadas
in and out of sync
calling once
for old times’ sake
wood pewee
a hay rake at rest
with its teeth turned up
distant shot
or just the ice settling
in a glass
the old picnic blanket
attracting hornets
swimming hole
the low drone
of an incoming horsefly
blades of deer tongue grass
parsing out the shade
dolls’ eyes
clustered on a stalk
daddy longlegs
her schizophrenic brother
searching the sky
downpour
the sudden press of bodies
under a roof
