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He slips in while the trees still have their leaves.<\/div>\n
In fact, you might still be dressed in short sleeves.<\/div>\n
Where green and lush abound, there’ll soon be on the ground<\/div>\n
great piles of nature’s discards and pet peeves.<\/div>\n
The temperatures he’ll drop down by degrees<\/div>\n
might, by his exit, hint at the first freeze,<\/div>\n
necessitating coat, at which point he may gloat,<\/div>\n
and even float a few flakes on the breeze.<\/div>\n
He’ll bring a questionable holiday.<\/div>\n
Columbus was a hero in no way.<\/div>\n
He’ll leave at Halloween. Cold weather is his scene,<\/div>\n
a hint of winter’s hell you’ll have to pay.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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