big road sign
pick'em from trees like giants
apple harvest
jack-o-lantern orange pumpkins
sweet fall cider
soft
crisp
crunch
sip
fire engine red
red on green
row upon row
apple pickers pick
fall
composting clay
autumn ambrosia
in a bite
pumpkins overflow
stacked
up
high
red barn store
wood
baskets
barrels
sweet
red paint
*****
snatched from
outstretched
witch's
hands
cajoling
their symmetry
is
like poisonous
snake
venom
pears
vegetables
root beer logs
peppermint pieces
paper sack
homemade
cookies
crumbly donuts
dusted in
snow
brown bag
packed
tight
like children bundled
for snow
piled in car
headed to cradle