The tree blushed - a rude blast of air
Betrayed a shapely bough.
My saddened heart aware
That nature's clock was chiming.
I froze upon the twelfth
Clanging tone, caught alone,
Staring at a creaking door -
Left ajar for dancing, coloured Autumn,
Pirouetting in her leaves,
While agitating summer creatures
Backing away resignedly,
Sighing in protracted breves.
I turned; gave company;
We stood together, watching
Summer slowly blow away.
-Mark Slaughter, 2009
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