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Sittin' here dipped

in Kerouac's 'ku

... coffee 'n punkin' pie.

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... just answering

voices in the rain ...

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Shh, tiny slug ...

the rest of autumn

is sleeping.

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An alder leaf

has snuck into the house

... more tea?

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Wearing his shirt

that yester-me

... hope it's what he meant.

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Soaking rain ...

I'll never see

where the leaves were going.

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... and winter trees

dreaming the same lines

of poetry ...

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Box of old letters

a remembered promise

... unhealed pages.

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Yes, still

some strands of the boy

... twisted in silver.

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