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[Psyve]

This is beautiful and deliciously melancholic. I love it. The metaphor of falling leaves first seen through the contented laziness of a perfect and happy summer's day, and then seen through the darker lens of impending darkness (on a "late afternoon") in fall. I see Fall here again used metaphorically ... bringing the impending cold and darkness of winter. A sense of foreboding permeates the second verse. Verse 3 is beautifully melancholic.
Very nicely done.
-Psyve