Autumn precedence

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

Triage

When we run out of
batteries, we sacrifice
the TV remote.

November

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

Preparations

Brought in the ficus
tree. Fallen leaves fly about.
Wind whispers, “snowfall.”

Change of seasons

I forgot to bring
the jade plant inside.  One
by one its fat leaves fall.

Enola Gay pilot dies 4 – sayonara

Sadako folded
a thousand paper cranes and
hoped for miracles.

Enola Gay pilot dies 3 – not his fault

My daughter asks why
I hate Paul Tibbets. He was
just doing his job.

Enola Gay pilot dies 2 – no regrets

He had no regrets
about dropping the A-bomb.
Did he have a soul?

Enola Gay pilot dies 5 – flyboy

Open the doors and
Eighty thousand lives are lost.
Helluva workday.

Enola Gay pilot dies

Paul Tibbets just went
to hell, where a black mushroom
cloud is his tombstone.