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Blinking

with the morning sun, threading

through the arching grasses

is that a giggle

... kitty?

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Sparrows popping

in the early frost

... yeah, still gets me.

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Bluebells and eggshells
and loving
... as it rains.

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Summer morning rain
this where, elsewhere
... ev'ry looky-there stain of Earth.

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Wake up, my love
wake up
... first best religion.

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For trees their kindnesses
sparrows gladly sing
... the Sunrise Song.

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Crowds gather
to the peek of day
... sparrows in the wind.

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As always, a bow
and I thank the flicker
... for her visit.

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Passages to morning
to rest the last messages
... of night.

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But who's missing
from the morning songs?
... Heckling jays!

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None
more prepared for sunrise
... than buttercups.

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Things that tickle:
sunrise through lazy swarms
... of cottonwood.

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Walks-with-Sunrise:
wanders with wonders
... after wonder.

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A shallow in flannels -
lingering warmth
of her change of heart.

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