summer haiku

between a badger
and the badger den
my quaking knees

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summer heat -
drinking beer in the shade
watering trees

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cherry bush
drooping with fruit
sparrows and finches

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on a forest path
me and the porcupine both
stock-still

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how lazy I am
watching the weeds grow
in your garden

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summer rain -
rising from the pavement
a smell of dust

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so many flies -
maybe this picnic
was a bad idea