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walking carefully
trying not to step
on the ginkgo leaves

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strewn about;
the neighbor’s oak leaves
prefer my lawn

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yellow blades–
even the tall grasses
lighten and fade

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a cricket pulses
in the dark under the azaleas –
autumn rain

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triumph of the shrill —
raucous crows chase
a hawk from the pines

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a blue glow,
streetlamp or moon?
I tilt my head

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a path becoming
evident in the fallen leaves;
the dog and me

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windows open,
the scrape of brittle leaves
against the drive

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the maple on the corner
makes its own light;
fall dusk

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time change —
following the full moon
home from work