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Reading Pascal at Mint Springs
Yellow of beech and green of beech
and cool of mountain come--
of these things mindful, assemble now
the puzzle of leaves and sky,
yellow of beech and green of beech,
yellow with how and green with why.

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--R.S. Mitchell

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R.S. Mitchell is a writer and editor based in Crozet, Virginia, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He blogs at foolfathomfive.blogspot.com.