Autumn by Grace Paley
"What is sometimes called a
tongue of flame
or an arm extended burning
is only the long
red and orange branch of
a green maple
in early September reaching
into the greenest field
out of the green woods at the
edge of which the birch trees
appear a little tattered tired
of sustaining delicacy..."
I was frightened that fall would not show this year. It seems the trees realize it's fall. Maybe the weather could come through along with the trees.
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