
                        A sign of the times (59)                        
                                                
                                            
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                                            As the year’s end draws inevitably closer, 
what could be more symbolic of our northern climes,
than the mournful sound of a few latecomers,
as they drift away through the autumn twilight?
                    
                    what could be more symbolic of our northern climes,
than the mournful sound of a few latecomers,
as they drift away through the autumn twilight?
                        
                        Nov 17 2007                    
                    
                