AUTUMN

AUTUMN HAS NOW ENTERED
THE GUTTER MUCH COLDER
A FIRE SPLUTTERS IN A SMALL ROOM
HOVERED OVER BY A FIGURE IN A BAGGY JUMPER
SMOKING A CIGARETTE
AWARE THAT HIS BACK IS COLDER
FOR IT FACES THE BATTERED DOOR
AND A DETERMINED DRAFT.

AUTUMN INDEED HAS ARRIVED
FOR THE WINDOW, CRACKED GLASS AND ALL
VIBRATES AGAINST THE WIND
A HALF HEARTED REBEL
ORNAMENTS... HOW FEW THEY ARE
ARE STOOD RIGID..TO ATTENTION
IN STERN BUT SILENT COMPLAINT
AWARE OF THE ECHO..IN HIS MIND.

AUTUMN IS HERE TO STAY
THE NIGHTS NOW LONGER
DARKNESS ARRIVES EARLY
TO CHANNEL HIS THOUGHTS
TO FULNESS..THOUGH SUPRESSED
HOVERING OVER THE FIRE
IN A BAGGY JUMPER
SMOKING YET ANOTHER CIGARETTE
AWARE THAT HIS BACK IS COLDER.