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  >> Static Item >> Poetry >> Nature >> ID #1483962  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
My Leave
Morning fire.
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My Leave

Sun
comes,
later—

bird calls screeching,
squirrel chatter,
distant dog, barking

Cricket sounds
simmer down—
an echo, echoing

Fizzle of fire,
boiling
life from limb,

no breeze,
smoke vertical,
leaves fall

slowly still—
The tree let go,
will I?


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