Definition 357 The Blaze of Autumn

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the glass doors of the house
remained closed
the days had turned cold
and out in the tall hickories
the blaze of autumn had begun
on its own

I could do anything

“A Single Autumn” by W.S. Merwin from Collected Poems. © Library of America, 2011.