Thursday, December 12, 2024

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #82

 

“Autumn"

Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment."
 
~Sara Addison Allen
The Paris ReviewIssue 109,
  Winter 1988”
 

 

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