Early Fall
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Adorning royalties' green
A golden crown did shimmer
At mornings first light
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With dew frosting for a robe
Vapor ghosting past root and leaf
Morning shadows stripping warmth
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Summers' mantle soon closeted
Fleeting omens of winters' wakening
Flowers perfume sweetened one last time
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Harvested fruit stored in nest
Spiders last web in farmers cut field
Snaring only mornings frost
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