<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Autumn's Crucible<div><br></div><div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2844" style="margin-bottom: 6px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); line-height: 19.3199996948242px; "><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2845" style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px; ">In autumn’s cool chamber,</span><br></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); line-height: 19.3199996948242px; ">Beauty builds a fire.<br class="">Pen-point becomes<span class="" style="display: inline; "><br class="">flint, and paper tinder</span></div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2877" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); line-height: 19.3199996948242px; "><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2876" style="margin-bottom: 6px; ">when the leaves are<br class="">paler than the thin<br class="">afternoon moon <br class="">that’s as transparent <br class="">as a cloud</div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2878" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; ">and the evergreens stand by<br class="">watching their deciduous cousins<br class="">self-immolate,<br class="">each burning <br class="">unique.</div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2879" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; ">Autumn's long farewell<br class="">leaves time <br class="">to fare<br class="">well.</div></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2880"> </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414889294523_2880"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>- Max Reif</div></body></html>