CATACLYSM IN THE LEAF
Watch long enough, and you will see the leaf / Fall from the bough. . . . / Something has come and gone. And that is all. / But what were all the tumults in th...
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Watch long enough, and you will see the leaf / Fall from the bough. . . . / Something has come and gone. And that is all. / But what were all the tumults in this action? / What wars of atoms in the twig, what ruins, / Fiery and disastrous, in the leaf? / Timeless the tumult was, but gave no sign. / Only, the leaf fell, and the bough is bare. -- Conrad Aiken, "Preludes for Memnon", XIX
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