This post’s little ode takes some poetic license. I really can do some of my raking in September (when some dingy leaves fall) and defer much of the rest (to after October). But I cannot entirely avoid October raking. The leaves blown into the garage would be above my ankles, and any dropped bolts or keys might never be seen again.
(BTW, the [Menu] button atop the vertical black bar reveals the widgets.)
The prophet month has come and gone:
|July foretold the fall.

Then August did its autumn tease:
|sly hints and that was all.

September barked “Start raking leaves!”
|I did not hesitate.

October, just around the bend,
|was when such chores must wait.
