The Sinking Year

the world goes down
in grayish cushions
colors are choked
and yellow-fingered 
leaves desert their 
dripping residence

the days are melting
between twilights 
evaporating time
and swallows now
are quick to leave
the sinking year
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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