We knew what was
Coming—the outburst
Of green,
The fanfare of needles
And leaves,
And always, eventually,
The copper and auburn,
The russet and ochre
Tickertape
Reckoning windswept
And eddied
In our doorstep,
Like confusion blown clear,
Finally but not
Forever, of its origins.
Matt Rader (mattrader.com) has published numerous collections and chapbooks, including A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno.
