Word and image

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The autumn here has no bright orange leaves or cheerful yellow sunshine.  Instead, there is a savage wind flogging clouds across the sky and a damp, grey chill in the air to prevent the mud underfoot from drying out!  Here's a W&I to suit:



This piece - in the original - is an older man's poem but Gackt, as ever, manages to make it his own.  The photo comes from Shoxx magazine February 1999 and I presume that the copyright in the picture belongs to the Shoxx magazine publisher, Ongakusenkasha Co Ltd.  Thanks to ananda for finding the source of the photo for me!  I've given the source credits for the poem on the image itself and this English haiku version is mine.