Summer on the island

long beaked birds

prod the ground

and the grass is running

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Near the sea 

arctic orchids

too early for cloudberries

television crew 

circling the hotel

and the grass is running

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Red light on 

The Mermaid calls

open for ice cream

seagulls swoop 

over the cemetery

and the grass is running

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Friday 

clean house day

rhubarb soup

baby crow scratching

in the chimney pipe

plop he drops down

stares through grate window

and the grass is running