AUGUST HAIKU
On his way to the river, weasel brushed against my ankle, unaware —
then into the cold
stream, sinuous as current, eyes like small black stones.
Robins drunk on ripe
chokecherries — would that wine could grant me such fine wings!
Lamp-caught moth — tiny phoenix reborn in flame — plum leaf, poppy petal ...
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