a few final leaves shilly-shally down
\nlike late arrivals before curtain
\nwho cannot find a seat but scurry
\ninto the stands of dark maples
\ndrawn down by rain that casts
\ntree trunks like dark heavily muscled
\nelephant legs, gleaming in the rain<\/p>\n
these dark trunks sketched in by
\nstrokes of palette knife before
\nall those leaves that have left
\n\u2014it is empty comedy:
\nsummer’s wall of forest has become
\na vista penetrable as air
\nbleak as forgotten
\npaint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It rained today: the rain ran down the trunks of the maples, making them black, pasting their clothes to them like wet T-shirts. (#959) Continue reading