Carolyn Thomas

October Moon

creeps through the night sky. Sharp wind gusts carry smells of cedar and pine, and fresh wood smoke from the neighbor's chimney. Temperature drops slowly, one, two, three degrees in sync with the rising moon. There's a penetrating chill inside my coat.

autumn;
looking up, I marvel
at the cold, cold moon

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