late spring rain . . .
the soft little horns
of a young deer

head then tail
the sparrow takes
a puddle bath

ocean breeze
the yellow pansies
lift and fall

sweltering forest
a moth lands on gray bark
and disappears

so much to do
about a stone by the road
summer crow

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