Last-Fling Rose
Rosebud on a withering stemseduced by a burst of Indian summerto flaunt one last fling
now sways in the bitter airnipped.
Lamplight definesthe vagaries of the sun:what wasis. [End Page 43]
This poem originally appeared in Red Cedar Review, Vol. 7 Iss. 1, 1970.
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