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Final flower
Petals wrapped tight to hold
The sun

From all directions
crickets and geese drop songs on
the two-track path

pelicans
guiding the night across
droplets of gold

on fallen hearts
sudden
autumn wings

At the train station
Arrivals and departures
In the flower bed

In the brittle grass
Blue blooms of chicory
Snagging summer’s edge
tang of untamed
apples, and waves of
cricket song

Jackson Frazier Wetlands, Corvallis, OR