THOUGHTS ON AUTUMN
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| Lee Dowling, Autumn |
between Fall
Equinox
and Winter
Solstice
window of change
opens
for an uncertain
interval
constituting a
winding down
of some
hemispheric activity
preceding decline,
decay
and subsequent
rebirth
so it is when one
plays the “bridge”
on the jazz tune,
“Killer Joe”
or finds oneself
planning a
retirement
or new life path
just a few years away
one hour to
closing time
receding hairlines
those last sips
just before
the straw sucks
glass bottom
these transitions,
like the twinkling
gleam
your emerald eyes
reveal
just before the
smile appears
capture Autumn’s
essence
with new colors
bursting
from Summer’s
canopy
as its night and
afternoon embrace
Mark Russillo
