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INHERITANCE by LEXIE DEAN ROBERTSON

First Line: WHY DOES THE SMELL OF AUTUMN RAIN
Last Line: RENASCENT OF SOME NEOLITHIC SIGH?
Subject(s): INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION;

Why does the smell of autumn rain
When fringed grey clouds trail past a cobalt sky
Strike at my heart a dim-remembered pain,
Renascent of some Neolithic sigh?



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