AUTUMN SEQUENCE

That butterfly
reflects my fluttering heart -
autumn equinox

Almost toothless -
beneath the autumn sky
birds twitter

Skylark descending
with the first fall of autumn rain -
loneliness sounds like that

Vivaldi's "Autumn"
the migrating birds cover
their ears in sorrow

Three cups of wine
& I have yet to wet my lips -
autumn leisure

Waiting for the moon
he returns home drunk - just as
dogs howl at the clouds