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adders of the phantom flaps ( spalf motnahp eht fo sredda )
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august is a snail summer is a scorpion stings within the tail rabbits shit & run static crackles on the sneeze seek the sunken sun blow a hornet swarm waterfalls & dales of hale rumble thunderstorm squawk as breezes crow whispers on a scree of green weep as petals snow squalls & orchards shake bracken burrs & owlets stir howl as wraiths awake cups & puddles spill splatterings of chatterings chaffinch til the still shapes of snake & twist adders of the phantom flaps slither river mist ink until the blue spot the scry of butterflies moth the month - & shoo ...