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Sound coming from speakers
sounds like thunder deeper
because it is not real
and there are things mixed
in with children voices
and birds who are not fond
of storms
a radio out in the far Midwest
that no longer exists tuning in
frequencies, tuning in, a nostalgic
dance with electronic scrapings
in the picturesque wheat field