Birches
In blind heat -
when yellow honeysuckles drip
their fragrance
and red poppies
shout ``summer!'' -
the paper birches,
reserved in the shade
of hemlock and hickory,
silently proclaim
their own unending winter.
In blind heat -
when yellow honeysuckles drip
their fragrance
and red poppies
shout ``summer!'' -
the paper birches,
reserved in the shade
of hemlock and hickory,
silently proclaim
their own unending winter.
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