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Release

by A. R. Ammons

A. R. Ammons

After a long
muggy
hanging
day
the raindrops
started so
sparse
the bumblebee flew
between
them home




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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
• Sir Francis Bacon


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