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Cracking Nuts.(Poem)
CRACKING NUTS your outline is hazy against a fountain of wisteria as you sit on the edge of the concrete bringing down a hammer a cold front on the Fleurieu blows petals over the patio almond trunks blacken in the rain when the clouds roll out to the Bight cars continue to crawl past the sign offering a rural setting with glimpses of the sea we cover the septic pump with a pot of hen and chickens fit locks on the laundry door confound ...
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