no change of seasons


no change of seasons
in a place where
they don't bury the dead

slow crawl of day
stillness of wet air
feeble visions of stars

white milk fog of dawn
blue crush of waves on the shore
brown restless trails of rivers
gray curtains of rain
black marks of unending floods

no chage of seasons
where leaves
and shirtless days
live forever

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