AUTUMN

AUTUMN
(August 1 through October 31)

The heat of summer lifts, and
a new breeze awakens slumbering senses...
while high in the sky, clouds roll by.

Autumn is falling ---
sheets over the furniture
of summer’s retreat ---
unspoken foreboding of rusty hinges
announce an inevitable return to a bristling city.

Blankets grace the foot of each bed;
windows are thrown wide to capture cool air;
children laugh and play safely in the streets.

Temperatures drop;
frost descends; and leaves
blushing varied shades of red
float to the ground below...

Stop --- be still, listen:
the tolling bell of winter 
echoes in the shadows.

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