Autumnal New York

Shimmering in a chilly mist, skyscrapers overlooking NYC. August left into September's cooler mornings, schoolchildren dressed in plaid and Hush Puppies. In Central Park the leaves are a green-yellow, squirrels scurry to store acorns. Pretzel vendors appear as joggers feel relieved from humidity, in autumnal New York. Driving headed north, Upstate farms yield cider, and the Catskills and Adirondack mountains are banners of emerging colors. Deer gather from the edge of the woodland to drink from a pond as the fading moon sails, in autumnal New York. Years ago my siblings and I in our Long Island suburban yard, leapt into golden and red maple leaf piles, and ate candy apples- How much simpler and joyful our lives were then, in autumnal New York, I wish I were still in, autumnal New York. ~