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Kalin McGowan

The Leaf

Submitted by kmcgowan on March 31, 2008 - 10:01.

The Leaf

By Kalin McGowan
Lyme Elementary School, Grade 7

The leaf swirls around

Happy

Sauntering by the tree

Waving.

The leaf is free

To do whatever it wants

Like a child free from its parents

It’s delighted

Cruising around.

The leaf dances

A form of ballet

Now gymnastics

Flips and sommersaults

Cartwheels

Handstands

Headstands

Back rolls

Free, free at last.

Then the winds dies down

And the leaf abruptly stops

In midair

Then it slowly falls

D

O

W

N

To the ground

Just lying in the sun

Tanning

Then no more ballet or gymnastics or fun

That is all gone

The leaf misses the tree

Its parent

The leaf is lonely

Sitting on the ground

Shivering

And starts to cry.

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