The Calm Before

#The Calm Before

      I fixed myself, ramrodded   

  against a biting wind and   

  flexed my jaw,   

  discarding twenty-seven  

  ways of beginning a sentence–    

  then searched my pockets for   

  a cigarette, before recalling   

  the fact that I don't smoke.   

      An autumn leaf, burnt to a   

  scarlet ember, flitted out   

  over the bay and was   

  devoured by the hungry tide.   

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