Acorns
Fall is the tepid gusts
Rustling the oak trees' leaves above me,
Snapping acorns from their limbs,
Which cause a plangent commotion
As they plummet earthward,
Disturbing attendant silences,
Pelting the porch roof,
Relentlessly thumping the ground —
Explosions nobody around this shoreline
Can possibly miss,
Even if they're not listening.
After all, fall is all about falling, isn't it?
09/23/09 - (2)
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