selections from "37 Views Of Eugene/Autumn"
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#12
at 4:30 a.m.
Venus rising,
extravagantly bright
- the heavens on fire!
swear to god,
i almost grabbed me
a handful of incense
and went looking for a baby
in the hay
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#14
autumn leaves are down.
the Dow is up.
the economy
of the season
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#28
crows in the catalpa tree
cuss at the cold dawn fog.
cuss and shit
on the cars and pedestrians
down below.
five crows
cussing and shitting.
five crows,
good at their jobs
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(c) r.a. evers, 1999