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American Review Literary Journal - Vol. 1

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Errant Autumn by A.D. Gaspard

Winner of the "Who Are You" poetry contest

She was supposed to be green
forever,
but shook her head,
turning richly brown
as earth under the rain.
They scheduled time for a youthful blush;
she blended into vivid garnet hues.
She is Errant Autumn,
changing into every color
they never expected,
never wanted.
Flowing like warm ink under skin,
there are too many curves
and golden veins of her own selection
to make everyone else happy.

So she falls,
fluttering down
under all the âwrongâ trees,
but keeps the brightest leaves
on upper branches,
vivid at the edges of her mind.

Errant Autumn
has a patch the color of witch's blood,
pumpkins of a strange mother,
spilling tartly orange from the center
(or simply meshing with the sweet potatoes,
skin milky and white).
She takes this time for herself
to breathe in with satisfaction
the same chilled air
that makes anothers lungs hurt and nose run,
lighting a bonfire to burn
bright in the night
and absorbing into her hair,
so she is the scent
of her own season.



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