fallen leaf

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i lay helplessly on the ground,
one among thousands of other brown, orange, and red leaves,
i lay still,
silent,
without my own free will
or means to move myself
as the ground beneath my body vibrates with the footsteps of passerby's,
I hear my friends' bodies crack like brittle bones,
crunching underneath hurried footfalls,
a shadow casts over me,
it moves closer and closer,
Until-

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