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my child leading
into the autumn mist -
dragon hunting


    clanging brass bell -
    a door opens into the
    empty school yard


      a faint rose scent -
      the click click of high heels
      fading behind me


        white on the black
        velvet of her new dress -
        grandmother's lace


          my child leading...


gray puffs of smoke
float above the tree tops -
black steam engine


    a dusty book
    opened to a sonnet -
    faded flowers


      the day's last ray -
      making a wish upon
      the night's first star


        grandfather's creel
        holding no rainbow trout -
        walking back home


          
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