On kitchen table
Vase holds three giant roses;
Wait! They are not real.
In rhododendron
Brown leaves are curled and nestled.
They'll be there ' til Spring.
The dry milkweed pods--
Shiny silver filaments
Spill out their last seeds.
Broken iron pipe
Conquered by snow and bushes
Can't hold up the fence.
Hardy brown ivy
Grows next to the evergreen;
(Maybe it's poison).
How many more leaves
Will drop to forest floor
Before the snow comes?
Little white flowers
have become skeleton blooms--
Thin fingers of Fall.
Giant leaves zoom down
Hit the road with a loud "tick"
Congregating there.
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