November

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The pages are running out

The music box's plinking tune

Is slowing, and the moon

Is a tiny crescent weakly glowing

The grass is fading, turning brown

The vivid red leaves are drifting downwind

As if the breeze is burning

And the masks on the trees

Are gone, and have been given to the sky

The clouds trudge along and it's ambiguous

Whether the sun is even there anymore

My pen is dimming, the ink is dripping stuttered words

And the birds have stopped their fluttering

The flowers are closing

The hours are getting longer

The ground is getting stronger

My voice getting weaker

And as the sun hangs in the sky

For a shorter time than before,

So does my smile

October is over

It's November now

And all I can do is remember.

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