City Square, Late Autumn
by Graham Catt
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a tongue of stone
reaches skyward
as if to catch the rain
boulders gather in the shadows
the flowers have been decapitated
the trees have shrugged off their green
a couple embrace under a confetti of leaves
a girl is perched at the edge of a bench
she pecks at her sandwich in imitation
of the pigeons gathered at her feet
a man shields his beer with an umbrella
the leaves are rusting in puddles
the fountain drools in its sleep
rats dream in the agapanthus
in the distance
a crane admires itself
in a mirror of windows
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