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Fireflies in July

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Fireflies in July

It's like a breath 
breaching a dream -
a surge of stars cellular through grasses, 
erotic as the pulse of skin before skin. 
Like you looking at me, 
the whole night turns over.
Rising, portent, 
barely a glance, 
barely green.

—Hannah Bonner

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