by Nick DePascal
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Autumn in an Old House
My wife is heavy, round.
A brick laid on a bubble.
Thick the smell of smoke
from the open stove. The last
branch peeled of leaves bends
in the wind. Part of the trick
branch peeled of leaves bends
in the wind. Part of the trick
is to keep moving. Part
is to stand totally still.
is to stand totally still.