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Smell of Leaves that Fall

I don’t remember our gifts on Christmas.

David schell
Nov 16, 2025
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Smell of Leaves that Fall

I had some work up in New England.
I thought it would be just a week or two.
I looked for a rental and found a log cabin.
That’s where I wrote that poem to you.

The snow came in quite early in December.
You wrote and asked me to come and stay.
I still am finding sand from the beach
when we dove from Frisco down to LA.

I don’…

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