Morning star

morning star:

the first golden leaf

on the sweet gum

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Quiet afternoon

quiet afternoon

and a riot

of tickseed sunflowers

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End of summer

end of summer . . .

cobwebs tie the trowel

to the shelf

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Published in Via Negativa, 9/7/20.