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The Autumn Patient
Contributed by
screwge
on
Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 12:39:02 AM in AEST
Topic:
NaturePoetry
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I have seen Autumn febrile
Cold and warm, to shiver,
Then still.
I have seen the trees liver-
Red, bile-yellow; lose their
Gall.
I have seen hair
Fall.
I have seen men fry a strand
In smoke,
Kids and
Strained old folk
Emerge to romp
And riot,
Then chomp
Off a branch and fry it.
I have seen Autumn ill
Leaves plummet
In a nightly spill,
Spit
Meals
Or a feast,
Reveals
Of wreckage in the East.
I have seen Autumn cough
And quake,
Slough
Jewels for the sake
Of earnest cold
And wind on skin,
Leaves sold
To the graves of women.
I have seen this bane
Pawned in brooch
Or chain
And approach
The ground by branch,
Or as a single drone,
Prodded by ranch-
Hand or decided alone.
And I have seen the price
Of Autumns early cache,
The ice
Upon a rash
Where the leaves were hurled
Early;
Winter curled
Up strong and burly.
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2008-10-24 00:39:02]
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Re: The Autumn Patient
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by shizzle on
Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 11:28:51 AM AEST
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| this really does a good job putting images of a season in your head. great job |
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