Before your steps arrive, the shadow comes first and waits.
The alley in front of the house was piled deep with fallen leaves. Each time the wind blew, they stirred a little.
The shadow on the floor climbs up the wall. I pass through it, take a turn, and sit back in the same spot.
The shadow of the sun stretched long on the wall at the end of the alley stayed in place all day.
Suddenly I looked up, and the sunset stretched long beyond the wall. A dog was walking slower than my own shadow.
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The alley in front of the house was piled deep with fallen leaves. Each time the wind blew, they stirred a little.
The shadow on the floor climbs up the wall. I pass through it, take a turn, and sit back in the same spot.
The shadow of the sun stretched long on the wall at the end of the alley stayed in place all day.
Suddenly I looked up, and the sunset stretched long beyond the wall. A dog was walking slower than my own shadow.