Unlikely search engine terms

Google found me with
wind for thursday november
2007.

Tasteless

Reading haikus is
like eating chestnuts. You stop
after a bad one.

Bedtime

Why does burrowing
under thick down comforters
bring such sheer delight?

November rain

Wet dampness always
seems colder than that first soft
warm blanket of snow.

Scenes from an Italian restaurant chain

After the high school
show they flirt over pizza
sodas at Uno’s.

No pumpkin pie

Instead, a pumpkin
cheesecake. Traditions are good.
Cheesecake is better.

Autumn precedence

Trees have never held
leaves as late as November.
Frost was wrong. Gold stays.

Thanksgiving bird = bird giving thanks

Fourteen wild turkeys
on my back deck raid the grape
vines looking for fruit.

Green home

Chuck tests our house for
energy efficiency.
We’re tight as a drum.

November

Thanksgiving creeps up
fast, like a turkey farmer
wielding a sharp axe.