earth

the yellow and black one
drinks from fluted flower.
last call before the fall.

a swirl of leaves
smear an orange sky.
autumnal canvas.

the biting fall’s breath.
a dying man’s last splutter.
and the last shudder.

yellow leaf
drops like a dead moth.
flicked by icy fingers.

brown grass
once green with envy.
can’t take it with you.

red watermelon
wet like cold blood.
sweeter than sin.