If these woods were a bakery, the bread baked here would smell of Autumn leaves;

red-orange, yellow leaves

dropping, swaying down again,

prompted by October winds,

crowding the trail below.

Only a small memory of Summer remains.

And soon even Autumn will surrender to snow.

All sold out of fresh bread,

this bakery’s hours come to a close.

 

anthony forrest

 

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