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July 26, 2013March 26, 2019 Jim KempsterLeave a comment

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Effervescent dusk.
Heat lightning in summer grass.
Sprightly fireflies.

Posted in fireflies, Greenwich Village, New York, NYC, poetry, Summer, Washington Square

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