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savoring a beautiful day

pale wash of honeyed light
spreading slowly over a
streaming field of wheat
the nodding heavy heads
of sunflowers swaying
i am felled by a narcotic
drowse of butterflies and heat
your smile makes me delirious

Sarah Radice