Greeting to Autumn (Not Without Remembrance)*
Paul Klusman
Paul Klusman
Painting the tops of the tips of trees
With a palette of the colors of fall
As light grows short and the first hard freeze
Autumn comes to call
The last bright days make their final round
While leaves settle gently to the ground
I remember a love, what did become her?
While leaves settle gently to the ground
I remember a love, what did become her?
The radio plays, "The Boys of Summer"
When my love's gone, when the radio plays
I will think of past days
Come out with your rakes, come out with your blowers
Tidy your yard with gasoline mowers
Pack the leaves into plastic bags
Throw away nature and fly your flags
Tidy your yard with gasoline mowers
Pack the leaves into plastic bags
Throw away nature and fly your flags
On a sunny porch I watch birds and squirrels
As the northern wind gets draft deferrals
As the northern wind gets draft deferrals
Meanwhile, like days going past in late October
Make the nights longer, cold and sober
The sun in his passing will sink down low
Late in the year to make shadows grow
Make the nights longer, cold and sober
The sun in his passing will sink down low
Late in the year to make shadows grow
We'll turn our shoulders to coming winter
While fireplace logs crackle and splinter
While fireplace logs crackle and splinter
What a giver has, what a robber lacks
What connects us when we're apart
Like a silent flowing candle wax
The colors warm my heart
What connects us when we're apart
Like a silent flowing candle wax
The colors warm my heart
