{"sf1_id":1828115,"sf2_id":"0mvNLxAm","title":"Sweeping The Leaf Pile","author":"Apolarbear17","words":320,"posted_at":"2022-03-09T17:49:00.000Z","tags":["Leaf Theme","Poetry","fall"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1828115-sweeping-the-leaf-pile","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/0mvNLxAm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/7a/6a/7a6afa69-365b-4e13-abfa-7cf50b46dba6","description":"A poem about fall, the leaves and the cleaning of them. Wrote this a while ago for the weekly theme of a discord server I'm in. Originally posted back in September 2020","content":"Sweeping the Leaf Piles\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X Bueno\n\nAh Fall and it's refreshing cool breeze\u0026nbsp;\n\nOn it is carried many things most especially all those different colored leaves\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs they're carried on the wind they scatter here and there\n\nBefore you know it there's a lot of them and they're scattered everywhere\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe changing leaves are nice for sure but cleaning them can be pain\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou usually have to do it often enough that it can become a real drain\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut it's necessary to keep your yards clean to pick up these leaves\u0026nbsp;\n\nOh these leaves that only have to stay on the branches and then fall with the wind off the trees\n\nThe life of a leaf is one of ease\n\nBut for the one cleaning them it is a struggle\u0026nbsp;\n\nEspecially when it leaves you tired and you have other things in life to juggle\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut it's worth it to just look at those lovely leaves\u0026nbsp;\n\nFrom the big brown pointed ones to the small yellow circular ones that all must be retrieved\u0026nbsp;\n\nTheir beauty can only be appreciated for a short time before off the sidewalks and streets they must be cleaned\n\nThey drop all through the fall months though so to keep free of their clutter you'll have to often reconvene\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat just gives more time to admire the beauty in the different colors and sizes\n\nYou can do it even with the leaf piles you organize\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's important to recognize something while it lasts\u0026nbsp;\n\nSavor the falling leaves and autumn even while clearing a path\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor soon enough the season and the leaf piles will be all gone\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut that's not important to dwell on\n\nThe crunch of the fallen leaves in the piles and the fall come in cycles\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo even if you don't take the time to savor it while cleaning you can sit idle and wait for the seasons revival \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n"}