Autumn Tune - Carol Frost

There, now you know losses
no one can give you back; and that harvests—
sugar of raw pulp—leave
a thirsty mouth. Fruit core and pips,

love, envy, unspoken regret
cruelly resurrect and you
know your limits. What will
you do? Remember

the light and vulgar tune
someone dead to you countless years
played one autumn. In slanting
light didn't you sway a little?
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