Withering
Stalks of withering straw
break wearily against
a flaming watermelon sun
as a splay of speckled
turtle dove's wings rest
among the golden wheat.
Water-lidded seas
Above the water-lidded seas,
seagulls cry their desperate coughs
into the salt-dipped air.
Stalks of withering straw
break wearily against
a flaming watermelon sun
as a splay of speckled
turtle dove's wings rest
among the golden wheat.
Water-lidded seas
Above the water-lidded seas,
seagulls cry their desperate coughs
into the salt-dipped air.
"Withering" is wonderful!!
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