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Victoriana Sweet Briar, Virginia Cicadas wind up summer’s clock. Crickets practice chamber music. Asters swirl their parasols and pity all the poorer souls. What frock will July wear today and would she like fog’s tulle or not? The cardinal’s livery—just outré! (At least that’s what the house wren thought.) Breezes mailed with one-cent stamps deliver news of just-mown lawns where cattle graze and children dance till fireflies come to light the lamps. 37 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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