parcels
(sonnets for the fall)

:: IV ::

One less leaf in me
I'm losing leaves

             & branches & each one
              is one less leaf in me

these last fall leaves
             blink to rainy grey & there is no dawn
& me & you naming everything

             one cloud          this one bird

I'm not a tree
                  I'm just this sky & whatever's left

whatever rainy grey & no dawn
& I'm just this sky & whatever's left

each leaf in the chill air

             making me