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two pecans
do not a pie make
today's windfall

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we need these speckled brown eggs
to make a pie
they leep from the tree
snuggle under leaves
and hold their breath
if we don't find them
next summer, the lawnmower will
their little wooden brains
can fool the eye
but not the unthinking blade

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pecansare plucked
in shaded ditches
soon to be pie

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black walnuts fall green
and hard on the truck roof
dent for a pie

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Brown streaked ovoids litter the driveway
I race the squirrels, hoarding nuts
for pies, cookies, baked and spiced snacks
many I'll just eat raw
love living in the South