autumn rain —
leaves cover the cracked sidewalk
foot trap foot trap
little clock’s tick tocks
run on AA batteries
in front of the bulldozer
the starnose mole
pokes its head out
daylight savings —
jet lag without the fun
the rickety chair hidden by snow
till today —
who will visit?
she sits alone on the stair
in sneakers
the air alive
with hammers and wild geese —
purple crocus
winter has turned
magnolia leaves to lace
worms rise again —
O this squishy weather
when even the air rains
the gravel path beside the canal
a second canal
the monsoon rains
“elephants and oxes,” she says
“not your cats and dogs”
so that’s how the cow
got in the tree