inescapable heat

a gum branch tears itself away

from the trunk

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scorcher

one prayer and two full buckets

on the Japanese maple

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noise cancelling earbuds

I hear nothing but the beat

of my heart

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wagtail chatter

the teens fall silent

in the shade

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spent verbena bloom

falling, I skin my knee

to miss the sapling

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kettle whistle

she holds back tears

talking of her mother

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from the wood stove

a memory of grandma’s perfect

sponge cake

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curl of steam

I press all my love

into the coffee

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stray litter

three bundles of fur and claw

then two

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sunk to grief

a roo carcass among

dried thistles

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