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“Autumnals” by John Timpane
Autumnals
I
autumn bereaving
rainswept thrusts time in broken
sequence glittering
passages fall like whispers
destiny space dense beyond
(beyond dense space des
tiny whispers like fall pas
sages glittering
sequence broken in time thrusts
rainswept bereaving autumn)
II
October’s inner
weathers turn changes exchange
sufferings bright suf
ferings exchange changes turn
weathers inner Octobers
III
taste after summer
concentrate soilsalts rainsweets
tang tomatolin
gus tangsweets rainsalts soil con
centrate summer aftertaste
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