By: Ava O’Donnell
This morning, I woke up feeling carsick
curtains drawn, but the October heat beat down
pooling in my room.
That’s enough!
Back to sleep, until nightfall
when I take a trip to the harvest moon
flying on my magic carpet.
(it’s actually a gaming chair)
Oh! Great Orange Moon!
won’t you let California have
real fall?
We just as much desire
the crisp, youthful
freshness of a cold autumn day
air of medicine
as those sparkling summer afternoons
By the ocean.
Please, Moon!
so he replies.
(unfortunately)
I offer you a deal
impossible to pass up.
Wait out autumn, let it pass…
and in winter
be amazed
Would you rather
the crisp autumn,
winter and spring spent wet
and trapped inside?
Even then you would come complaining!
No. Be as a desert tortoise,
to watch the hot months go by
when the time comes
enjoy the winter
followed by spring
early morning chills
Have patience.
—so goes The Deal
Photo Credit: Hokusai, “Peasants in Autumn”