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glimpsed in dense swamp reeds
secretive rail protesting
i stop sloshing by

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brief scream in the night
rabbit fur at dawn; so much
for idyllic dreams

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sunlit meadow warm
sandy path with rusty can
ubiquitous man

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heat abolishes
earth’s glaciers and ice caps
we are causing that

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nature doesn’t baby
its creations; extinctions
are all too common

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nature seems cranky
she’s just following the rules
we should feel cranky

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nature’s warning signs
of warming are apropos
and show worse will come

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owls vis-à-vis mice
are silent eager-eaters
me vis-à-vis cheese

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clouds build till sheared off
the plains pensive in moist heat
i wait for the storm

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sheepdogs wrangle sheep
shaping them into a herd
i wrangle english

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