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Literary LEO 2011

POETRY — THIRD

Jan 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

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BY DAN BARBERCHECK

startled doves rose

booms echoed crisply

over the dead hills

a cold wind came up

and sent the yellow leaves

scurrying

before our shiny shoes

the message on the phone

said not to call back

we walked