Sunday we gained an hour of sleep. With the time change also came some cooler Texas weather. David Fruchter says he used that as inspiration for this week’s poem.
Fall Back, Texas
the calendar claims that it’s fall
and i suppose that’s true
the nights, they bring some coolness
like they didn’t used to do
the daytime sun still makes you sweat
but it doesn’t try to kill you
a few trees here and there change shade
and that’s enough to thrill you
the moon looms low and orange and large
in the eastern evening sky
telling you the time has come
to kiss summer goodbye
and take a breath of air that’s not
all heated like an oven
in Texas, autumn’s like the spring
a season that’s for lovin
