End of October in the garden

10/31/16

the last hard green brandywines tight to the vine
except one, gouged unripe in the dead leaves.

now the seeds are everywhere.

When it feels inevitable

10/12/16

When all the blackberries and raspberries are gone

the leaves splattered red and burned out in places

When overnight the houseplants

have made the windows fog and sweat

When the morning very suddenly does not smell of anything

When the drain is not entirely plugged, but enough

to steep up to the ankles and leave

conditioner in a white film ring

When it is afternoon, silent, the oven’s cold

and you are very lonely- you want only to hold a hand

and walk down the road yellow with leaves

toward home,

or away from it