Once upon a moonlight

Fireflies melt
into moon-eyed shadows
howling lullabies
of nocturne,

fidgety squirrels
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   c     t    l
in tiny cracks
of a Fallen Oak,
tracing Orion.

The woods were lovely,
once,

when the night
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a blueberry sky,
while Venus kissed
gurgling fountains,
and Sirius picked
wild mushrooms.






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