A sudden falling of leaves all at once

Crowded an early morning outward glance

A reminder it's getting to be the time to deal ...

With mountains of dead dry leaves before they congeal



And then, perhaps ... the leaves would then make a much better mulch

To scatter on flower beds to keep bulbs warm in the gulch ...

And, if this be so ... then Nature is already doing the best thing

Just piling up the layers to protect the flowers from Winter's sting



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

5:35pm Sat. November 14th, 1998