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Original poem reprinted online here:   "Vaudeville" by Barbara Crooker Originally read: August 24, 2013 More information about the Poet:   Barbara Crooker The poem is image-centric.  Furthermore, the poem is also placed at a particular time of year as well to condense the image which, of course, turns into a metaphor which is somewhat given away by the title.  So here's the nature turning vaudeville imagery:      Late October, and the sky is that clear blue scrim      we only see when the leaves go presto change, garnet      and gold, and asters and chrysanthemums, the last      flowers, take their bow on center stage. Yes, a bit cheesy, but notice how the speaker introduces the change to vaudeville through as an object, and then further more the line "take their bow on center stage," which refer to "aster and chrysanthemums."  It is the action that are vaudeville and the speaker is forcing the image up...