Autumn Shrugs

Autumn shrugs off summer 
like Alzheimer's shrugs off
wit, slowly and methodically;
purposeful and nonchalant. 
This dire deterioration
welcomes dank darkness,
chilling and finite, 
long-winded and overbreathed.
October winds shake and stir
the very foundations of our
civilizations, and rock the 
metaphorical boat of blissful
nesciance; eventually capsizing
the bleeding vessel, until its
veins run dry with
suffocation.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Brown Avatar
October 2, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Thank you for posting your splendid poetry that we all may read it Anthony. It was a very enjoyable read for me this afternoon. Love, Carol
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October 2, 2009 at 8:57 AM
very nice write-love Faire
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