saturday i drive around the village
the asphalt damp and spotted
with the fall foliage like a color collage
like the war zone of martha stewart swatches
has erupt with delight, a very colorful outburst
sunday, a bike ride
over the yellow of birch leaves covering the trail
riding through neighborhoods of dog and couples walking
offering up all the romance one season can
these images spin at me as i try to put poetry in
a loony toon straight jacket, but
here i am and the inmates have escaped
today work flounders like zinc in a glass of vinegar
it is possible you could call, but don't and in this poem
i am innocent, though i don't call either
tonight the air is frosty
walking to the door i sigh
a breath of autumn lust
and it hangs in the air
like pleasure caught
in a dewy spider web
Wow, this is what poetry ought to be doing, exactly this!
Starward