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Ev'ning chickadees
pop-pop-hopscotching back
... to the shadows.

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Sunset forest
bleeding the sticky saps
... of shadow.

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If only this dance
for as long as dance
... the sway of maples.

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Very last of day
blackest tea
... for too little cream.

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Peels of twilight
sheerest laces
... stained of ink.

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Reluctant day
reluctant sparrows, eager night
... reluctant me.

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Final set, final song
last light, last call
... for robins.

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Pauses of eventide
beyond an open window
... and held kisses.

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Final light
swells a mist nesting
in cold gathered forest.

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