Americanese

MAGPIE TALES.
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AMERICANESE!

The language of Americans; that old Americanese!

They seem to think it charms the very leaves down off the trees!

Even I've learnt to say 'O.K.' though I haven't stooped to 'guy',

I hang-on to my Britishness! Yes, I really try!

I think the old word 'Autumn' is the one of the best around;

Say it and one sees the golden leaves down on the ground.

But 'Fall' is even lovelier! Just listen to it!.....'Fall'.

Somehow in just one syllable that little word says it all.

See the trees as they dwindle down, 'falling' into decay!

See the old nests crumbling as the birds all fly away!

See the greenery fading and merging with the earth!

Feel the 'falling' spirits; melancholy and not mirth.

If I said 'Fall' in Australia I'd be considered strange;

Our language is from the Old Country and we're not inclined to change!

In any case, it's Spring here! That nobody denies.

Some people may be 'falling' but we are on the rise!

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                                                    Sisley

VAGUE
(An Acrostic)

Valleys and hills dissolve in mist
All is vague, all merged, and faint.
Gardens with flowers and trees persist
Under a pale and light-starved paint.
Earth with a muted atmosphere.
An artist's view of a fading year.
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