*It’s the season of retreat,
the season of death.
Leaves on the lily turn
yellow, then brown, then
fall. But this death is not
close, not dark. Trees open
to sky, blue falls down
through bare branches.
I step outside into a whirl-
wind of gold leaves.*
--
sharon brogan
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