red leaves

by

Mike Austin


on highway nine heading east
i think of you
full of longing

so much warm longing

for you

as mensch1 plays from the tape
and a redbird flies passed me
in the sunlight

breaking on the leaves

into innumerable rays of red



1 CD Mensch, Herbert Grönemeyer; 2002

© 2004 Mike Austin

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