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Gulls feast on ants’ flight
Wily crow, black spot of night
Blends into the light
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n.b. On days as hot as these ants hatch and fly in millions, a boon to the scavangers of the coast and quick-witted corvids. How far they climb! How many are eaten? How many must be born and borne aloft to survive the insatiable gulls and crow?
CLP 17/07/2020