surrounding

autumn dusk
the leaf pile stirs
resettles

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watching birds fly
in all directions
I try to recall
first and last names
of childhood friends

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garden flowers
no longer in bloom
there was a time
years ago
when I turned heads

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thrift store
the book
about cannibalism
on a shelf
by itself

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feeling cranky
the palm reader tells him
she’s never seen
a life line
as short as his

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prairie sunset
the old shed
leans into it

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