6 novembre 2006

late leaves,
plucked from precarious purchase
by whistling western winds,
swirl swiftly -- snowlike
to drift down dead in ditches.
rake! rake! rake!
cursed clogged culvert -
filled with fall foliage!
waiting water whirls while
sticks obstruct the stream.
dangerous depths drown daisies,
and wildly wash away
late leaves.