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[title] => The Autumn Patient
[time] => 2008-10-24 00:39:02
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[bodytext] => I have seen Autumn febrile— Cold and warm, to shiver, Then still. I have seen the trees liver- Red, bile-yellow; lose their Gall. I have seen hair Fall. I have seen men fry a strand In smoke, Kids and Strained old folk Emerge to romp And riot, Then chomp Off a branch and fry it. I have seen Autumn ill— Leaves plummet In a nightly spill, Spit Meals Or a feast, Reveals Of wreckage in the East. I have seen Autumn cough And quake, Slough Jewels for the sake Of earnest cold And wind on skin, Leaves sold To the graves of women. I have seen this bane Pawned in brooch Or chain— And approach The ground by branch, Or as a single drone, Prodded by ranch- Hand or decided alone. And I have seen the price Of Autumn’s early cache, The ice Upon a rash Where the leaves were hurled Early; Winter curled Up strong and burly. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 210 [topic] => 27 [informant] => screwge [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => NaturePoetry )
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