Spring day in Winter

Wasps beat against the window,

Quick black flames of hope

When I was a child

The night was loud and bright with

Whippoorwills, fireflies.

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Birds in a frenzy

But four stuffed crows stand in line

Midst the mayfly hatch

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Massed purple martins

Swirl round invisible bugs

Like a smoke cyclone

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High summer woods trail

Someone walked here this morning

Clearing spiderwebs

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At a rest stop break

Snacking & reading Basho

Ants get into it too

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The purple martins

Fly again at Lake Murray

Swift bugs flee in vain