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 Oaks by Raymond A. Foss 
						After the rains, the cold heavy fall rains,
 there was
 a different forest, a change
 shades of brown, of yellow,
 the oaks, birches, the duller
 evergreens, replacing
 the brighter cousins,
 maples and others
 darker brown, grayer green
 foretelling the winter to come
 the fall rains, stripping away
 the colors, hunkering down
 for winter
 
 December 13, 2007
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