Stone Soup

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TheGreatUnderneath

TheGreatUnderneath
The Great Underneath

Trees gain new fay-looking
Cloaks when autumn comes

As if they were on fire
The trees’ beauty decorates the forest

Envy evergreens
They don’t know the
Uncomfortable burden of beauty.