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August Sunflowers

August 6, 2014
By esoccer84 BRONZE, Stockton, New Jersey
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The August sunflowers,
So caught up in their cavalier Bargain with the gods,
Obediently turn their burnt faces Heavenward,
And their hair, the color of a Canary’s wing,
Shields us mortals from ever Interfering.

© Bonnie S., Houston, TX

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