Falling Down

Sweep/*Rondel

As the leaves come falling down

And my tears are swept away

Here comes another day

Reverse my awful frown

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All happy as a clown

Nothing bland and gray

As the leaves come falling down

And my tears are swept away

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A flowing sparkled gown

Not a single hair astray

And my tears are swept away

Goodbye days of brown

As the leaves come falling down

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*Rondel: a fixed-form poem of 13 or 14 lines that uses only two rhymes and repeats certain lines as a refrain.