Autumn Crux
Red
oak
leaves drop
scatter 'round
tree trunks signaling
autumn's clout—
winter's
reign
both
on
hot
ruthless
heels of an
Indian Summer
that scorched green
foliage,
dried
Dawn's
dew,
left
pasture
undergrowth
withered, charcoal brown
turf crunching
'neith fawn
foot
steps.
