A memory bridge
from old oak to young willow :
cross to the wildness.
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Give this stream a name,
water will take it away :
letters seek the sea.
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Fence a squirrel-run,
foxes nose here at night-time ;
child's cry, hedgehog, gone.
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Ruler from fence-post,
cat chases flies,sharpens claws ;
no-one can own him.
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This summer of rain
seeds grow into small, soft suns ;
stream digs towards seams.