the summer-green leaves
of my maple tree
are edged with a shy blush
of scarlet trim.
the silky sighs
of the autumn breeze
gently ruffle
my red flushed leaves.
and the soft yellow
and the orange glow
and my dappled-rainbow
jigsaw-puzzle
of a maple tree
makes the fall downfall
so much more
pleasant to me.
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from CrackerJack Debutante, Poems to Ponder, by Deb Loughead and Jack Livesley, Moonstruck Press 2017
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