Wet dampness always
seems colder than that first soft
warm blanket of snow.
November rain
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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.
New furnace
Hadn’t realized the
thermostat had to be set.
Freezing at 60.
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.
Daylight savings time 3 – extra hour to bake
Pumpkin cheesecake in
the oven. Nutmeg, ginger.
Fragrant November.
Christmas future
Fast forward to the
next holiday in the stores.
Retail at light speed.
Autumn night sky
Stars so sharp they are
holes in time, the past shining
into the future.
a haiku a day 