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Archive 09/10/09

	All About Cicadas                                                                      It's a late-summer eve All about cicadas. What really matters to me Is that the breeze Is stirring their murmurs, Casting them adrift, On its gossamer dissolve, Into whisperous disappearance, Where my spirit waits To compose lyrics For the cicadas' hypnotic song.                                                               09/10/09