Cold rain heralded
her return. Killing frost trails
her, biding his time.
Autumn entourage
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Cold rain heralded
her return. Killing frost trails
her, biding his time.
Opportunity
is knocking. Finally, I
will open the door.
Today we act as
if nothing happened. Over
night a cold front passed.
My new business cards,
bearing my new title, all
printed with typos.
To possess few things,
humble in beauty and worth.
Such simplicity.
The spareness of what
I write contrasts with my
cluttered existence.
Nit-picking each and
every syllable my mind
focused on detail.
mother nature’s miss
taken october for jewel
eye’s endless summer.
Foggy days. The shroud
of mystery that veils our
ordinary lives.
J spilled nail polish
remover on my mother’s
chest. I screamed, then cried.