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HALLOWEEN SONNET

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Though I'm old, and can't stand cold, the window's
Calling me out. Without a cane I'll bear
The pain to glean what a woodsman knows:
To sniff a whiff of the autumnal air
Like my old dog once did, as if the scent
Was like a rose, or like a ruby glass
Of wine, walking places we once went, 
Pausing by her grave, unable to pass
Without inviting her wagging ghost to walk
With me into the dusk of Halloween.
And yes, the young may grin as they talk
About the muttering old man they've seen
Prowling the twilight, but I don't care.
Me and my ghost-dog sniff night air.

SILVER DAWN

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How like consolation is the hoarfrost
Cast like tiny white petals to amaze
The ruins of the autumn. All was lost
But now a silver lining starts my day’s
Trek across the wasteland. Let others see death
In the growing dark of shortened daylight.
I see silver shining; even my breath
Hangs silver in the silver dawn. No fright
Creeps behind the stonewalls this Halloween.
Shadows can’t stand up to light. Like a child
Gazing ahead into the dark Unseen
With their young, innocent heart running wild,
I feel a warm hand of silver, older
Than earth, kindly patting my shoulder.

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