Fall and all attendant memories
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Crowd the day with unrelated histories
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Each year leaves its unresolving fantasies
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To hang around each corner
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Hang around each street.
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Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitries
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Carrying words as strangers exchange pleasantries
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Do they intrude upon your private reveries
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As they meet you on each corner
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Meet you on each street.
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Watch for daily braveries
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Notice newfound courtesies
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Finger sudden legacies
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As they clean up every corner
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Wash down every street.
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Mark the month and all its anniversaries
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Put away the draft of all your eulogies
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Clear the way for all your private memories
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As they meet you on each corner
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Meet you on every street.
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Make the time for all your possibilities.
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They live on every street.
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Anniversary
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| Suzanne Vega |
