THE LEAVES

BY MARCI PURCELL

All the leaves crumble under the weight of me.
Leaves
leaving
crumble
crumbling
weight
waiting
under
me

The leavers crumble under the weight of me.
They
crumble
under
the
weight
and
leave
me

They are leaving and I crumble under the weight.
Crumbling
under
the
weight
of 
all 
the
leaving

I leave, crumbling under the wait.

crumble 
under
the
weight
of
me
leaving

The weight of the leaves crumbles us all.
We
crumble
under
the
wait
of
the
leaves

I am waiting under the crumbled leaves.
I
wait
under 
leaves 
and
the 
leavers
crumble

We leave the weighted crumble.
We
all 
leave
the
wait
of
the
crumble

…and we are relieved.