Killing frost, limp dead petals;
but pockets of color, of life remaining
defying the date, the cold, the frost
living for a while longer
in the flower garden
comfort in the transition
winter not yet here
fall holding on
alive still
after the
frost
October 21, 2008
(Raymond A. Foss)
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