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Grey walkways ruby flecked

Lucent leaves flash red, lure eyes up from secret slime

Slithering beneath brown boot

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Red brick arch frames

Wooden gate — brickwork! rare sight here

Low gateway to time past

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Built by father's father

One man's work — far away now, my first home

Thin hands — thick red brick

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Leaf-strewn house — red brick?

Calm down look close — stuck-on façade

Émigré décor

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Weird fall beauty — bright red leaves

Grey light, red fruits, grey clouds, and on this curb

Grey rat, headless, small hands red blood

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Red berries gleam, illume

These jade-dark holly leaves — secateurs snap

Sudden stranger gift! barbed branch

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