Leaves

Sighing with their colour
The leaves are lost
Drifting here and there
Abandoned by the year

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Moonlight

under the pascal moon
the leaves are starting
in the night light
they continue their blooming

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Hmph 1

I've missed summer again
Already apples are ripening
And autumns bird song
From where? So soon?

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Flags

The three red flags
Their announcement is ignored
Survival is their concern
Crackling in the air

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Just Outside

Sunlight on the leaves
A seductive tale yet
Movement murmurs some doubt
With the cooling shadows

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Hmph 3

Two white pigeons tumbling
The streets clear space
Today their circling playground
Tomorrow another market day

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Observation

A tall bloke talks
A short bloke listens
And on his face
A question

A smudge
A blue tear
Below his eye
Tattooed

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The verger

the verger
-amiable
wears a white top
rights the lady chapel

The Catholic priest
- ingenue
Smiles at his flock
Clutches the Silver

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Barman

Bar man walks up
Chews
puts something behind the bar
a pen -still- behind his ear

walks back

He bends down
comes up with a bottle
flips it
walks round a corner

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Chells 1957 No 2 the swing

Mornings on my swing
In the apple shadow
Riding for the theme
To call the dismount
Then at the gate
Watching the aching fields
As the bus stops
To rob my mind

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