unofficially, autumn begins

already, a few leaves have turned

Labor Day weekend wanes

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summer décor, banished to the B.

wave after wave, I carry up

scarlets, crimsons, mauves & golds

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closets sorted, drawers realigned

new beginnings in the dusk of summer

lovely fall is underway!

they trickle in —

the Likes, the Shares, the Restacks

a few Comments, if we’re lucky;

racking up Followers

& new Subscribers —

all those dopamine hits

we covet like the drooling dogs

we uncomfortably suspect

we really, truly, pathetically are