four sparrows take a dust bath
where the old maple used to stand
it graced our summer with shade
and fall with a riot of colors
winters it stood barren
bereft
until the hope of spring
brought green buds
and leaves
and shade again
but now the sparrows linger
where our maple stood
only to fall to rot
toppled by the wind
leaving a place
that the sparrows remember
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