Autumn’s Anthem
We are all fallen
with excitement.
“That sounded
big,” one was
heard exhaling.
“Oh, dear that
sounded really
big!” And so
each of us,
being so
very close
to the heart
of our or
hearts, the
ones we
perpetually
strum (as they,
occasionally
with a bit
of glee,
harmonically
thrum), stood
in our respective
places and
looked
around, each
with
a tinge of
anxiety,
waiting for the
biggest and the
loudest
collapse.
