Five foot high jade plant
Grows old in my barber’s shop
Fertile ancestor
Customers like me
Modern Johnny Appleseeds
Take cuttings to root
Mine grew strong and tall
Reaching for the bright sunlight
Then it took a bow
Quite ungainly now
It required a scissor’s trim
Made jade feel at home
January day
Dull gray clouds obscure the sky
Too warm for jeweled snow
Will it thus be so
World unrecognizable
In aeons ahead?
Summer lingered still
Not yet ready to depart
Autumn knocked on door
Robed in finery
Fiery red, soft apricot
Jack Frost-designed leaves
Wind sent them a-twirl
Beauty carpets patio
Winter’s on the way
Summer music stilled
Fragrant breezes play no more
Patio stones cold
People gone inside
Chairs wait for another year
Stacked against the fence
Fall creeping slowly
From my window in distance
Few pale yellow leaves
Autumn blaze absence
Off-kilter moral compass
In step with the times
Temperatures warm
Stubborn leaves on trees still green
Summer flowers bloom
Autumn will arrive
Splendid colors flaming bright
In her own good time
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