Fierce blasts unleash
from the west to batter
yellowing ash leaves
Predatory gusts snatch
at reluctant clingers
wrenching them loose
to skitter and whirl
to clutter sidewalks
and streets with ochre
Flaxen elm leaves sprint
eastward in a foot race
to no apparent finish line
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