06 December 2008

proud refusal

a single maple leaf is hanging on
in dumb defiance of the dying year
on this calm street the autumn's plain and drear

this change of seasons is time's greatest con
from bright and colourful to deadly sere
a single maple leaf is hanging on

age teaches us to reach a rapprochement
with all those forces in their fast career
that push us forward but one thing is clear
a single maple leaf is hanging on

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