approach of autumn (poem)

Approach of Autumn
(for Ana)


And there are
petals to be peeled
to fall

Fall away from
Our lives
Every one.

A blind old italian
man is married to the japanese
is washing dishes

She closes in plastic
outside of cellophane

And out into the
September Evening Sun

And places his blind fingers,
Their tips
Their very tips

Massaging against
the blossom

Into her
Between her bosom
the petals bloom

And peel away
(To be carried)

And Fall.
everyone