blackbirds drinking
in the haze of summer
from dog bowls
and sprinklered puddles
gulls spiralling in updrafts
above the melting roads
feeding on clouds
of winged ants
and in the gardens
everyone
dead in the sun
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Notes:
1. Written on 23rd July, 2019
2. And also originally it had an extra verse
3. That read:
Butterflies locked
in their helical dance
above sun-yellowed grass
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