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Dispatches for the Colonial Office

                                                Red Spider Lilies

                                                       For Max

                      Who Magicked Autumn in with the Spider Lilies

Red spider lilies – we were speaking of them
And why somehow they hadn’t yet appeared
To call the oak leaves down upon the lawn
To dance among their equinoctial blooms

Red spider lilies – suddenly they are here!
Perhaps they only waited to be invited
We spoke, and they arose, laughing at us
And waving happily in the afternoon breeze

Red spider lilies – now autumn has begun
In late September’s glowing tawny sun