September

By Esse V. Hathaway

Blaze on blaze of scarlet sumach,
Roadsides lined with radiant gold,
Purple ironweed, regal, slender,
Rasping locust, shrill and bold.

Dusty smell in field and upland,
Sky of copper mixed with blue,
Life intense as is the weather—
Let’s away, just me and you!

“I say, old top, I wish you wouldn’t be continually kissing the wife. I think once when you come and once when you go quite sufficient.”

“But, my dear man, I can’t wear myself out coming and going all the time just to please you.”

—From “Judge.” Copyright by Leslie-Judge Co.