Hapless Poetry 5

A mire, a thatch,
A leaf, a stake,

A satchel, an enclave,
A flag, an out-turned hem,

A stain, a raindrop,
A splash, a mimicry,

A radiance, a fetter,
A scaffold, a shirk,

A moon, a droplet,
An autumn, its grip,

An outward palm, its ode
and abeyance,

A thistle, its cling,

Gray on brownish-gray,

A droplet, a terrace,
A solitary outcropping,

A grain, a flurry,
An aridness, a dose,

A sling, a cornice,

An unchanging sky
Ending as one color meets another.