by
Pamela A. Babusci, New York
     
    & Paul Smith, England
                                  maple leaf— 
                                      the sound it doesn't make 
                                      while falling
                                  days getting shorter 
                                      i too shed my layers
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                                  Indian summer 
                                        cupping fallen leaves
                                  in my palms
                                  memories linger 
                                      at the edge of dusk
    
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