The Roofers

The leaves come
back slowly
after the roofers
shave the tree for
better access.
The leaves are
back in red and
gold
we could live for
days beneath
those branches bent,
but not broken by
rain
were it not for
the roofers who
come, yet again, to
shake the leaves
down.



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