Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Fall didn't arrive until autumn this year. We got through all of August
& most of September without a single cool breezy night,
the kind that shakes leaves loose, strums the tall dry weeds,
pushes the warmth out of the outside walls,
slows the chirping of crickets, bringing to mind images of jack-o-lanterns,
the oranges & browns of October & the first frosted marigolds,
& even premonitions of gray December,
put the comforter back on the couch.
fold it up tomorrow.
Summer gave us every possible hour & then some.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
& most of September without a single cool breezy night,
the kind that shakes leaves loose, strums the tall dry weeds,
pushes the warmth out of the outside walls,
slows the chirping of crickets, bringing to mind images of jack-o-lanterns,
the oranges & browns of October & the first frosted marigolds,
& even premonitions of gray December,
put the comforter back on the couch.
fold it up tomorrow.
Summer gave us every possible hour & then some.
