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A Leaf Falling.(Poetry)(Poem)

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| September 01, 2003 | Sail, Lawrence | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
   A LEAF FALLING 
 
   The stem snaps off, brittle 
   as a wafer--another sycamore 
   half-star on its way to collapse 
   its yellow ribs on the ground. 
 
   Not yet: as it slaloms the air 
   it calls the whole valley to attention--the 
   glacier's green withheld ghosts, ...
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