New Leaf

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A dry rolling landscape carpeted
in faded russet leaf litter
innumerable gray vertical lines
thin tree trunks
bare
rising into a tangle of sky
gray void and cold air
an unexpected warm day
full sun
produces a combustion of green stars
filling space
collecting spring to make summer
- Nancy Boudreau

acrylic painting on gessoed mat board, approximately 5" x 7"
signed, dated and comments on the back