It's been so dry

Fall colors drab

Yellows and browns

On sidewalk slab

Leaves still rustle

On morning stroll

A memory

Childhood's porthole

Walk home from school

On leaf strewn street

Satisfaction

Of shuffling feet

Scatter leaf piles

From under trees

Orange and red

A sight to see

Return from time

Of simple joy

Where tree's castoffs

Become a toy

I smile, reflect

And hope that rain

Adds bright color

To fall's domain

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