Autumn Sky

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In my great grandmother's time, 
All one needed was a broom 
To get to see places 
And give the geese a chase in the sky. 

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The stars know everything, 
So we try to read their minds. 
As distant as they are, 
We choose to whisper in their presence. 

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Oh Cynthia, 
Take a clock that has lost its hands 
For a ride. 
Get me a room at Hotel Eternity 
Where Time likes to stop now and then. 

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Come, lovers of dark corners, 
The sky says, 
And sit in one of my dark corners. 
There are tasty little zeroes 
In the peanut dish tonight.

© Charles Simic