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See we had the fall, and the
summer, and back to the fall

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again.

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Fall's my favorite season, and
this is "A Song of the Autumn."

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"The clear wings of the
mayflies turn to slate.

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You hear the cricket
counting more slowly,

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and a stillness
amplify the sound.

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As you sit, a mushroom
lifts its head.

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A pearl from a dim world
clamors into this one.

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A dead stump sprouts with
strangely soft flowers,

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deepening the
autumn as its haze.

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The stray men you
chance on as you

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travel the back
roads linger, talking

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with you through the afternoon.

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Now, if the frost
destroys your garden

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and an innocent
sadness should weigh

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on you like their forgotten
names, you can accept it.

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You will say, the world
is not a human place,

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though we live here.

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Now, the shedding
of the tree, now,

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the woodchuck
crawling underground,

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you will not look
for special mercy."