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The Autumn Apocalypse
September 27, 2010
The naked trees fray
Like her split ends
The skies turn grey
Like the last of her joyfulness
So surely it’s
Her own decay
As she stares at joyless, Greenless grasses
And remembers how it felt running Barefooted
The leaves chip off
Like her summery nail polish
The cool air wafts
Reminding her of its sunlessness
She’d hoped she could
But learn she cannot
While in sunless, windowless Classes
And while remembering how freedom Tasted
© Gretchen L., Edina, MN
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