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LUNATION 1198 : OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 26, 2019
summer is early
hustling winds
scuffle fast clouds into
small pieces
unwelcome and brown with smoke and fear
they wrestle the trees
for their limbs
all the pale grey gums
(sealed black since july)
have suddenly shed
their skins
to stand, naked and gleaming within
the fragments
of their former selves
i am
losing my grip
on this year, this
scorched november
soft-skinned and bare legged
has run away (or was,
perhaps, blown)
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i am
ambling in its wake
a dry-mouthed wanderer
wondering what
to bring with me, as I prepare
to start over
again