equinoxical lexicon

mow the lawn as heat notches
into the evening. lite the last
of the charcoal., gassy . pull
sandspurs, earthy. displaced fire

ants crawl along the sidewalk, pink
sunrays split the new sky blue~
to the south and east, thunderheads.
in the west, first scythe of autumn.

smell of rain, cigarettes and weed.
you in a black spring coat, me in dali's best fall
jacket , exchange pleasantries and lies.