fall cleaning ~
sour stench o’ green leaves &
wine bottles
fall cleaning ~
dripping gutters &
trash bags
fall cleaning ~
from green to brown
rusting dumpster
fall cleaning ~
spores bloom on
the month-ol’ casserole
fall cleaning ~
scattering the dumpster
yellow leaves
autumn pond ~
a duck pretends to be
a tadpole
cold gray morn ~
in a garbage bag coat
pale hydrant
windy woods ~
a plastic tan sofa
is free
cold gray woods
celebrating
summer’s end
quiet woods ~
a foe emerges
bramble bramble
peeking o’er
trees to see the beach
pale mountains
warm sun
swimming underwater
a school o’ stones
longing
@ the gray beach tides
plastic buckets
as the light falls
splashing its last burst ’cross the neighborhood
before dimming to sleep
& letting a calm chill take o’er
atop the rocks
gazing o’er the fence
@ the highway still being built
expression inscrutable
mouth iron rigid
under the sunset’s final glow
like a spotlight on the last encore
bright yellow on bright yellow —
the taciturn fire hydrant
