morning coffee, fruit, and fried pies

        Later in winter now, the daylight lasts a little longer, the sun rises a little earlier, precious sunlight on my morning coffee and fruit. 

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A hummingbird looks at me 

like I made a mistake. 

Did I?

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A dog barks from somewhere down the street and the sound carries like the majesty of grief.

Cheaply built houses cover the suffering people here the way…