October Calling
By David Van Kampen
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October called yesterday afternoon
she spoke of the rain, the leaves and the moon
her breath of winter coming on too soon.
While a hush'd fog crept through the naked trees
treed in, yearning for freedom like the seas
reaching for the coast and a pulling breeze.
Overnight the leaves all shot down like stars
wrapping the wailing wind between leaf bars
stretching leafy straits 'cross this land of ours. |
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Originally Posted November 6, 2001. Reposted
on February 3, 2005.
Copyright 2005, 2001 by the Labyrinth and the United States Naval Academy,
http://www.usna.edu.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction or duplication is strictly
prohibited. The views expressed on this site are those of the author(s)
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Department of Defense, or the US Government.
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