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Overton, Ron
RON OVERTON AUTUMN NEWS The walnuts have dropped to blacken & sulk in the stiff October grass; the thorns are falling asleep. Bright bees are reported sacking the last of the grapes...
...And the kingly white sun has gone down in a different way, leaving a zone of cold around the house...
...They are expected to fall...
...Night, and a breeze cleans your eyes awake: the silver circus of stars performs overhead...
...Bright bees are reported sacking the last of the grapes today...
...The maple's leaves have abandoned their calm colors, they're beginning to riot in yellow & red...
...Today, the news is old...
Vol. 103 • January 1976 • No. 1
