August 2

TUESDAY 6

31 cut out
of sunflowers, on the side
of a wheelie bin.

WEDNESDAY 7

On the cover of
a book in Typo is a
stray apostrophe.

THURSDAY 8

Blackberries near traffic
have ripened already and
are plump with sweet juice.

FRIDAY 9

Thunder trundles
round dark sky broken by shafts
of searing sunlight.

SATURDAY 10

A young magpie, blue-
black backed, breast flocked with white fluff
tousled by the wind.

SUNDAY 11

The retriever stops
sniffing a residue of
dung, lets us drive past.

MONDAY 12

Akram’s new, cobalt
outlined sign is only half
lit up this evening.

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