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Crone

 

She is a crone,
a flowing vapor,
an invisible river--
Too fast? Too slow?
What she is? I don't know.

...but I'm caught in her tow
and must go with the change
perpetually to grow in age
sands through a glass
either gold dust or waste

A tree of possibility
her leaves transform seasonally
to fertilize the hope of summer dreams

A personal providence?
Or a bad joke of chance?
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Bemused Rumination

 
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forget
the balm of barometric exuberance.
this night
no longer young, dissipates.

recall
the dewy welcome of sun-quaffed green.
yesterdays
revive severed umbilical dreams.

peruse
the present with fleeting acumen.
today
ceases yet emerges again tomorrow.

ignite
the kindling of autumnal reticence.
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