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roaming in the gloaming ( gnimaolg eht ni gnimaor )
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rabbits on the pastures
hopping as a bean
bursting is the blackbird's
stuff of in between
muffles in the shuffles
flutter butterfly
moths emerge & circle
shepherds scan the sky
red above & smiling
silver, gold & chrome
clouded shrouds of mackerel
cows are coming home
nightingales in copses
hymn the dales & lark
hark, the trot of foxes
rabid badgers bark
whispers in the grasses
chatters in the ear
green becomes the blackness
people disappear
burglars are stirring
phantoms on the prowl
wander in this whirring
til the owlets howl
gleaming is the evening
see the rivers run
roaming in the gloaming
sinking with the sun
spinning on a sixpence
after afternoon
squinting eyes & skyward
rising with the moon
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