October

"October" is a Bref double written by Kate Coombs on 29 September 2015.

Original text
Days shine like August, blue and gold. Nothing says October. Why are the leaves beginning to turn? What do the geese know, and the trees?

Beach weather, miles away from cold. A dog is lolling on the grass. A boy in shorts runs past and roses toss their heads in a chance-met breeze.

But—like kindergartners new at school the trees are counting daylight now. Light by dark by light they learn, then whisper secrets to the bees.

And so the leaves, not sky, will burn. It isn’t summer. Someone told.