Moon-Lantern-Moth #3

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Clouded moon
sooted lantern
... dusty moth.

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Moon-Lantern-Moth #2

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Black moon
red lantern
... white moth.

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Moon-Lantern-Moth #1

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Burning moon
burning lantern
... burning moth.

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As though
they heard me
... rains.

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A black
choking and restless
... someone's lost this night.

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Purple crab
missing his hat
... naughty, naughty gulls!

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Down flotsam beach
what sandpipers do
... me too.

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Sandy shoals
tangles and tangles
... of little crabby legs.

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Low tide
ghostprints in the sand
... hollow crabs.

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