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Ode to the Common Hackberry

Outside my window
A sprinkle of bright red berries
Like holiday earrings
Give the trees one last
Blast of fancy flair
Before the shiny green leaves 
Dry and drop 
Down on top
Of all the others

~ Robin J Phillips September 14, 2020

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