The
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      through
      clouds’
     
    

    
     
      piecemeal
      and
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      ee
      ‘
     
     
      illuminating
      trees
      :
     
     
      like
      socks
      on
      display
      in
      a
      men's
      wear
      store
      -
     
    

    
     
      25%
      off
      with
      any
      purchase.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      is
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      ous:
     
     
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      against
      the
      pareonindndias
      air
      it
     
     
      writhes
      and
      rises
      from
      the
      wet
      ground
     
     
      as
      if
      from
      a
      smoke
      machine
     
    

    
     
      echoing
      the
      clouds
      of
      smoke
      and
     
     
      reflecting
      pulsating
      lights
     
    

    
     
      in
      a
      busy
      nightclub.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      branches
      sway
      slightly
     
    
   
   
    
     
      leaves-fluttering
      in
      the
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      cae
     
    

    
     
      like
      posters
      and-signs
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      A
      é
      feet
     
    

    
     
      stapled
      to'telephone
      poles
      =
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      Trees
      (GREEN.
      i.
      LIKE
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      raves
      and
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      a
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      Dorrell
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      the
      art
      of
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      trees)
      ee
      "bE:
     
     
      flapping
      at
      passing
      pedestrians.
      es
      reg
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Ducks
      argue,
      shouting
      |
      rte
     
     
      back
      and
      forth
      across
      -
      oe
      ome
      Semper
     
     
      a
      slightly
      rippling
      pond
      _
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      ee
     
     
      in
      cool
      early
      morning.
     
    

    
     
      They
      nearly
      bounce
     
    

    
     
      bobbing
      on
      the
      rippling
      water
     
    

    
     
      like
      the
      playboy
      bunnies'
      breasts
      ae
     
    

    
     
      as
      she
      chirps
      toward
      the
      camera
      :
     
    

    
     
      on
      a
      Live!
      From
      the
      Beach!
      video
     
    

    
     
      played
      so
      often
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lines
      of
      static
      have
      become
     
     
      etched
      into
      the
      scenery.