Upon Seeing the First Fallen Leaves of Autumn

This is one of five poems I submitted to earn my spot in my upper level poetry class at the University of Kansas. I originally wrote it in 2010 in Dr. Matt’s Poetry 1 class at the University of Kansas, inspired by my Classic Japanese Literature class with Dr. Maggie Childs, also at the University of Kansas.

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Little brown pamphlets
litter my weary green lawn.
I cast my ballot,
though it makes no difference;
the incumbent packs his bags.