my 1970 high school soccer team photo
lean bodies perky faces hopeful smiles
like newly planted a vibrancy
caged for the spindly race skyward
then a summer of plenty fat with green
and red fruit as limbs grow into the world
a recent reunion photo all of us
way past our producing days
some need bracing to stand
many bend towards the earth
winter is around the corner
most hope for a long fall
with a few warm days
others I can tell
seem ready for it
the first killing frost
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