In late spring-early summera yellow dirge settles sways from one side to another gatheringlimbs and leaves around felled treesand the requiem pieces that have since made themselves comfortable lolling in Twain’s story. The film slouches over and around the hollowssettles in the abscessesand collects wherever it can till the surgeof a thunderstorm cycles it away.

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THE CREEK TURNS YELLOW



In late spring-early
summer
a yellow dirge settles
sways from one side
to another gathering
limbs and leaves
around felled trees
and the requiem pieces
that have since
made themselves
comfortable
lolling in Twain’s story.
The film slouches
over and around
the hollows
settles
in the abscesses
and collects
wherever it can
till the surge
of a thunderstorm
cycles it away.

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