tanka #191 (in memoriam to the people who died on 9/11/01)
In the autumn days
The nights grow subtly longer
Smells in the air change
Some leaves fall mutely away
Others fall to earth ablaze
"What a noble animal is man, splendid in ashes, pompous in the grave..." --Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
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