Quiet, the phone rang and subtle
Huddled answered I
It was Autumn that called back the sky
Under the stars last night
I had to take the roof down
Prance around our little town
Gallant and defiant
Happiness
Stomach fed and heart full
Laughing giant
And rolling my eyes
The way the season changes
The air feels different tonight
And then suddenly
When someone doesn’t notice
Like past cuts bled
Just like the lights that turn to red
Life has changed
Again
And today we befriend
A totally new place
And palace of mind
Our platform or time
On the planet
Wherever you are
Right now in this very moment
This is your home
In the night we lay naked
The places we keep
Those that stay sacred
Different sounds
Different drawers
Yet somehow it’s still
That same front door
Same front stoop
Yet changed and absurd
Totally different
Mind and picture frame
Don’t make it sound lame
Cause its not; it’s more
Fantastic
Than before
I’m wrapped in plastic
On the floor
Intrigued and beleaguered
Indifferent
And bewildered
The way that teenage girl
Wrinkles the sheets
Falling in love with my first
Four legged, counting sheep
Now begging to see them both
And the wrinkled sheets
Jumping to fall back
Into safer thickening sleep
Again in my arms
That morning when
The alarm arms
The dew separates plants
From the ground
The soft unspoken sound
Go easy on the sizzling bacon fats
Heavy on starches and proteins
Of birds awakening and then
That mean, loud
Rattling hum of the Mexican
Gardner and his drum
Las Palmas awakes like
A squeaking summer screen door
As we all bang and pour
Around pots and pans
Coffee pots, night stands
Round and round again
One more time
This time will be different
Yet somehow we know
So here’s the first throw
We awaken
And just like last night never happened
Hungry, thirsty for a new day
I look up and taste the sky
Autumn has followed us home
