autumn crispy afternoon
leaves twist lazy
to the ground

laughing young ones reap and heap
reds and tans and yellow
"bigger than me!" hyperbolizing
rising hillock of crunch and colour
exitedly dive in
excavating exits

as I now watch the morning rise
the children cozy crowd the hearth
snow cradles dormant silverweed
the tall grass tipped with frost

the ragged humps of fall-time frolic
respledent in thick shawls of white
a dolloping of dowagers
grandly gathered