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Autumn in the West
Oct. 3rd, 2005 10:24 amInspired by the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
scarvesnhats October 3rd prompt, seen below. Also here.
Out in the woods of autumn! I have cast
Aside the shackles of the town, that vex
The fetterless soul, and come to hide myself
- from Autumn in the West, by William Davis Gallagher
**
Blood pumped, chasing away the chill. Nothing could hold him back. Freedom was his at last, once again, for this one fleeting night. He could not force away his other self, but he could force it to feel, properly, this one night of all the month.
Trees whipped by as he sped. Some needed a broom to achieve this feeling; he claimed it as his own. He gamboled amongst the darkness and shadows of the world around him, this world just beginning to settle down for its long sleep.
With the stag dashing ahead of him,
with the dog racing at his side,
with a rat struggling to catch up,
he threw his head back and howled.
scarvesnhats October 3rd prompt, seen below. Also here.Out in the woods of autumn! I have cast
Aside the shackles of the town, that vex
The fetterless soul, and come to hide myself
- from Autumn in the West, by William Davis Gallagher
**
Blood pumped, chasing away the chill. Nothing could hold him back. Freedom was his at last, once again, for this one fleeting night. He could not force away his other self, but he could force it to feel, properly, this one night of all the month.
Trees whipped by as he sped. Some needed a broom to achieve this feeling; he claimed it as his own. He gamboled amongst the darkness and shadows of the world around him, this world just beginning to settle down for its long sleep.
With the stag dashing ahead of him,
with the dog racing at his side,
with a rat struggling to catch up,
he threw his head back and howled.
