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Poets Corner

Jerry Bolick

At the time of the great fall,
from the sky they said:
Before the end
there will be only afternoon.
Morning worn through
leaves the longest
of shadows across grasses
that move in waves
with the winds.

Green palm leaves will hold
the last of the written words.

( Copyright © Jerry Bolick, 28 January 2003 )

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