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This poem is called "Summer."

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"Listen to the birds.

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They tell of
apocalypse and mirth.

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Watch swarming bees make
a smudge against the sky.

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Eat the whole pea pod,
the mints on the counter,

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the leftover ham on rye.

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If you see a hitchhiker with a
hospital bracelet, pass him by.

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The eagles will perch along
the highway through June.

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If the bag of tomatoes drops to
the floor, it will be up to you

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to tend to their wounds.

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Today you are a have and not
a have not, so live well.

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Tomorrow your arteries might
dry up like beef jerky.

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Let yesterday go
limp as a leash.

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Now sharpen the knife
and quarter the peach."

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