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[hes]

There's a fatigue that sets in --
a slow coldness
that dampens the moment
and leaves the world
dreary and gray.

There's a futility that suffuses the air,
as if drawing in the warmth of autumn
and leaving only
an empty shell
devoid of importance.

There's a faint recognition
of patterns drawn
by fallen leaves
only to be picked up
and swirled away
in the coming cold.