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LADY WITH A DATE, by                    
First Line: October flaunts a new array
Last Line: She's stepping out with him.


October flaunts a new array
Of gay autumnal clothes,
And trails the scent of burning leaves
On every wind that blows.
Her polka-dotted gown is trimmed
With shocks of golden corn,
And yellow pumpkins make the chain
Which round her throat is worn.
Her petticoats and lingerie
She shows with wanton pride
When dancing down the wooded lanes
Of every countryside.
Of varicolored shoes she boasts
At least a dozen pair,
While goldenrod and milkweed fluff
She garlands in her hair.
She wears a scarf of bittersweet,
A cloak of sumac red;
And for the evening, silver frost
Adorns her lovely head.
And yet, despite her gaudy things,
She really is quite trim;
And when Man Winter comes along,
She's stepping out with him.





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