AUTUMN YEARS

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A YOUNG POET

Candles flicker in the night,
Eyes are misty with tears.
An old lady, sits and rocks
in her autumn years.
Recollections of her youth,
On parade pass by,
Ripened for the harvest,
She rocks and calmly sighs.

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Published by
Pierson Mettler Assoc.
Fall-1976

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