Renewal
While autumn colors blend
Hastened and chastened by the delight of the moment
surface dolphins navigate the oceans
the fulcrum of the mighty
challenges the riders of the dawn
intimate legacies deride the mountain domain
pottery shards cripple the lame
industry rallies around a conceited smile
politicians play racquetball just behind the veil and aisles
endorphins cause raucous chaos
the train conductor modifies the rules
equipment managers send players to their doom
under the canopy of glitter and the roundness of
creeping breakfast spoons
ascend the causeway of the inferior and
meddle in the cases of the superior foes
who grow their grass just outside the castles
and water their lilies with their toes
gatekeepers of the border shrug their shoulders
and straighten their pinstripe ties
anchors of awareness leave a treasured place in time
the tide of youth the rebellious clatter up the mast
psychics, fortune tellers and siers muddy up the past
where will the children of disdain find a place of subterfuge
beneath the guardians of the ages who take a page out
of the celestial playbook to their amuse
as contaminators of the evil step-sister buy shoes by the gross
and guests of the imperial guard toasts their host
while plotting to exchange places no matter what the cost
divine purple is the color of fading power lost
mortal enmity is the limit of the exchequers cloakroom hooks
contentious clergy admire their staffs
ancient events are mirrored in the lenses of the few
while autumn colors blend
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