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Equanimity at Equinox
Guided by an autumn chance near-exchange
They both felt compelled to crane their necks back.
Backtracking, their gaze raised swift interchange.
Faster than light flew unspoken feedback.
Wordless vibe flowed as they knew they should know.
Even so, their paths diverged from sidetrack.
Though they lacked the knack to drink in the flow
She craved his sunrise, he thirsts for her past;
Their passing repast teased as afterglow.
The smile they shared, brief, yet spirits were vast;
Lifetimes compressed to one heartbeat phase-change.
They blushed with the fall, two leaves falling fast.
Their outlier fancy the mean dubbed strange
Guided by an autumn chance near-exchange.
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Shared to Poetry Pantry #422.
Hephaestus’ Waste & Cosmic Rubble 
In a heartbeat (these two leaves fall.’ I enjoyed reading this,trying the acrobatics of the near and far rhyme.
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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I really liked the playfulness as well as the form of your poem
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Thank you. 🙂
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Intricate word-play!
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Thanks! 🙂
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Flirtatious and sweet sonnet. Frolicking in Fall:)
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Thank you. You know how much I looooove flirting… 😉
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