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Sunday Night Before
Who will jump down first
Sep 10, 2020
In the last light
of a summer sun,
ash leaves flicker
against dimming sky,
yapping like a pack
of distant hyenas deep
in spirited discussion
about how they came to be
so high off the ground.
A street light kicks on and
they don’t even notice,
content to debate
who will jump down first
and begin the long descent
into fall.
© Trapper Markelz 2020
