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when you leave home in your childhood,
ne’er returning
until Fall
after childbearing years,
oh the hues kaleidoscopically whorl in your eyes.

i’d nearly forgotten Oz,
dreamlike leaves clipped on trees —
dazzled us in Louisiana.

we wanted to follow its trek
to New Orleans.

yes, we had the boogie board blues
of Oahu, stirred by rapturous waves.

but oh how we craved to drive
off the island, and drive and drive,
on and on... for miles at a time.

we stopped to visit kith and kin,
didn’t fall into the Grand Canyon
even with three very small kids.

we hearkened to Carlsbad
with its alien eyes,
the open sky inviting to all,
then hiked the caverns
with one daughter
strapped to hubby’s chest,
two more kids in tow.

After these extremes the wonderland of trees
red, gold and burnt orange —
I Remember these! 
how had i forgotten,

fooled by surf and turf —
the swoosh of sirens
rocking me to sleep,

the witch of the West
waving her wand,
“and now my beauties,
something with poison in it I think,
with poison in it, but attractive to the eye
and soothing to the smell…
poppies, poppies, poppies
will put them to sleep.” *

we left the land of lush leis
and ran right into
yummy Autumnal daze.

9/8/3019

*Quote from the movie The Wizard of Oz

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