sweltering heat
another smoky night
with the scarlet moon
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by the pool
a little girl asks me
if I’m an adult
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with every step
the tinkling of bellbirds
in dead canopies
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winter closes in
a native mouse nibbles
on silky oak drawers
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outside Sea World
protestors chant
empty the tank
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