The leaves
hardly breathe
and snakes
loop round
the branches,
soaking up heat
from cars parked
nose to tail
outside
the seafood
kiosk by
this savage
southern
beach where
the leaves
hardly breathe
and snakes
loop round
the branches,
soaking up heat
from cars parked
nose to tail
outside
the seafood
kiosk by
this savage
southern
beach.

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