The wind
    rearranges the leaves
        in our driveway.

It gathers them in a line
    against the garage door.

It rushes them out to the sidewalk.

A pause…
    they return,
        a scratching, skittering whirlpool
            beside my parked car.

And they're off again,
    an arc of fall color
        flowing up and into the street,
            under and around a privileged, passing pickup.

And then the whole lot of them–
    all drama and joy and wonder–
        lift up and over the neighbor's lawn,
            disappearing beyond their roof.

Ah, autumn!

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