Congratulations, Autumn

Congratulations, Autumn,
you’ve done it again, arrived just in time,
reminding me to retreat not from
but deeper into all that is changing.

Cheers to you, Autumn, 
the times you've turned earth on its side,
split it in two, a new before and after, 
side-splitting laughter anew.

Let’s hear it for Autumn, 
never mind their name-calling you Fall,
all the implications of descent and death.
We are not falling, we are not fallow just yet.

Way to go, Autumn,
way to be, way to be.
Teach me thy ways to be
still quietly ripening riotous colors.

Well done, Autumn.
Spread a table, pour the wine,
take a load off, take time for a change.
Make a feast of such yieldings.

Thank you, Autumn.
For a moment the world pivots across
as much dark as there is light 
and our time here hangs in such balance.

(Image by Gabriel de la Mora)

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Currently reading: Steven Millhauser’s Martin Dressler, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Words Are My Matter

Currently listening to: Moby’s Live Ambient, Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Bob Dylan’s “My Back Pages” and The Swallowtails

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This Sunday is the last chance to see Closure Is Not Justice on display at Vulpes Bastille. I’ll be there for the closing reception from 1:00 to 4:00. Hope you come by!

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Peace, Grace, and Equinoctial pivots to you all,

Andrew