Sunday, October 19, 2014

What fall looks like here

no need to argue about whether the rolling hills are golden
or just brown

the sparse green of last spring is shriveled and burned
down to the clay
down to the sand
down to dessicated fuzz that crunches
under feet

and yet we fear the rain
if it finally
if it ever
will blow in too hard, too fast
and slide the hills away

no roots, you see.

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