like a blazing gold leaf <br />clinging to the autumn tree <br />like a tarnished diamond <br />amidst jagged glass <br />like a punctured tire <br />gasping for air <br />like a lamp <br />with a burned out bulb <br />like a flashlight <br />with dead batteries <br />like a fountain <br />with no youth <br />like rusted pennies <br />with no wishes <br />like a sink <br />with no dishes <br />like super glue <br />with nothing to hold together <br /> <br />the leaf falls flat on a dark, cheapened ground, old <br />and hopeless, and hungry <br />and apart.<br /><br />jacob erincilberto<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/simile-s-candid-mirror/
