chirping crickets blend
with the honeysuckle breeze;
roll the windows down.

the leaning maple
appears to be faltering
even as it blooms.

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Thanks to Shelley for kindly offering to exchange seed words. She sent “leaning” my way, and I burdened her with “rejuvenation” (and she made pretty good use of it). Oops, I actually burdened her with “regeneration” - she still did well with it.