Autumn heart

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a fall
of golden leaves
tumbling in
brilliant air
by the black trunks
then steeled on
the soaking
lawn.

a wind
out of nowhere
pinwheels the yellows,
some frantic angel signs
while I deploy
the camera app
with fat
fingers.

a biro
draws an oval
on an a4
quadrants, flow, atria, ventricles
See how the blood… again
and again through
dark halls
tremulous now.

Image: Waiting room, Level 4, Wollongong Hospital

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