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August Begins Without Asking

First Verse
The light has changed and will not discuss it.
Something in the trees has started counting down.

There is still heat. There is still the pool.
But the store has pencils in the window now
and every parent on the block knows what that means.

This a fake test poem created by First Verse - it will be deleted at launch

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