{"id":4008,"date":"2005-08-11T17:17:50","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T21:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/08\/11\/distant-traffic\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:30","slug":"distant-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/11\/distant-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"distant traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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a red berry on the trail
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a white swan shakes her tail
at last the ripples
reach her mate

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jays squawk
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