October

Music: Art of the Fugue, Contrapunctus 1
By J.S. Bach. Sequencer unknown. Modified by David Grossman.

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October is self-confident and strong, Crisp and ready for the captious wind. Though life lies less ahead and more behind, Old age has barely bonneted the bones. Beauty so outrageous can't be wrong, Even as death steals among the stones, Resting where the leaves lie battered, blind.