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Yellow Season

yellow leaves hang like old flyers
for bands that broke up decades ago

orange veins split
along the cold ground’s scars,
last color before the gray takes hold

a cool breeze
threads the season’s last breath
through busted porch screens

now the country coughs again
through exhaust and empty cabinets,
through plastic flags
flapping over pawnshops

still—those yellow leaves,
they don’t quit easy

~Brent R. Grimes

Copyright © Brent Grimes | Year Posted 2025


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The Sky Eats Gold Again

Windows blink.
Someone’s still awake,
counting what never adds up.

The billboard’s face glows through the haze,
selling hope to those who can’t afford it.

Clouds crawl like old memories,
stretching their shadows
across the quiet of the soup line.

Rain begins, soft as loose change.
It never reaches the roots.

The sky eats gold again,
and no one seems surprised.

~Brent R. Grimes 

Copyright © Brent Grimes | Year Posted 2025

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