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The buttery sun rays
tickle the left over platters of
last night’s
heaping dew.
Leaves
washed clean of their troubles
lay beaten and crippled
trampled by November’s soggy shoes


Shallin Ris, Age 14
Greenwood School
Mill Valley, California
Teacher: Devika Brandt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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