she saw a leaf like me

by tomverve

Posted to Action Poetry on 2001-10-21 08:26:00

the corner of my eye
was it a butterfly?
no just another leaf
in death descent
(there are sapless thousands
their dry bone corpses cover the earth)
frayed in curls of brittle brown
their sound so arid cold
(snap)
to hear the distorted echoes of
bygone summer paradise
(crack)
all you gotta do is step on them
and listen for the mortuary snap
isn’t it wonderful?

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