So many introductions
to the season of Fall
from the splashy
vibrantly hued colors
of oranges, golds
yellows and reds
to burnt textures of
browns and bronze
as foliage processes death
into sleeping droughts
of winter nights
where each day temperatures
fade to cool breezes
sending all matter of life
scurrying
fluttering
down
atop objects stationary or
those moving
steadily onward
while the noise and chatter
of nature’s interlude
finds the quest
for food
in the eyes of the ever busy
squirrel who squirrels away
any nuts he can
to the ever noisy, never
complacent jay
I catch a glimpse of
high in the branches
of acorn tree boughs
apparently abundantly full
whilst he screeches
at the energetic
squirrel
always mindful these acorns
belong to him
the bountiful trees
his domain
trespassing bandits
will receive
a long and wrathful
scolding
such elocution this jay
but the squirrel
will not
be deterred
© October 2018 Renee Espriu
Photo Taken From Public Domain Pictures and Created as Art
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