Fall

By Mary Tina Shamli

            FALL

I love the fall. When 
Else is age admired 

And death coveted, 
The new despised, 

Rejected in the cold?
Cold heart, look at the

Leaves! Crisp and spent, 
Dropping in silence, not 

All at once, in turns, 
Scoring the hush of it all. 

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Mary Tina Shamli Pillay is a writer and artist based in Chennai, India. Her poetry and fiction have been featured on the BBC, Kitaab, Blink-Ink, the Borderless Journal, the Mean Journal, Madras Courier and the Pine Cone Review among other places. Find her on Instagram @marytinashamlipillay

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