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A CHINESE POET by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: TODAY THE LIGHTEST BREEZE
Last Line: ONE LEAF, OR LIFE, MORE?
Subject(s): LEAVES; LIFE; POETRY & POETS;

Today the lightest breeze
Takes tribute from the trees.
Golden leaves flutter down,
Crimson leaves, purple, brown,
On the tide, past the town...
Down!

I walk along the shore,
Like many gone before,
And sadly ask, What matters it,
One leaf, or life, more?



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