Autumn Schmautumn
Autumn Schmautumn
The only colored leaves I see are going to be faux,
for autumn never visits in my part of Mexico.
In fact, those piles of autumn leaves are far back in my past.
Green on the leaves in Mexico just lasts and lasts and lasts.
It’s true that each leaf everywhere must one day be defeated,
but down here where I live, the only way leaves are unseated
is not by frigid temperatures. There’s no cold to unglue them.
Our only leaf-removal means is cutter ants that chew them!
The ones who cut them down are all the bravest and the best.
Their comrades wait below to carry them all to their nest.
Their robberies completed without the slightest peep,
their piles of leaves depleted in the nighttime while we sleep.
Our guard dogs doze on soundly as ants pass by in the dark,
letting all these thieveries go on without one bark.
And so I fear that this far south no autumn colors are viewed.
Our trees create no spectacle. They go from green to nude!
And though ants harvest all our leaves—just chew them off and take them,
at least they grant us favors in that we don’t have to rake them!
for Dverse Poets, the theme is Autumn.
Judy,
This is quite funny! I like that you’ve found a silver lining with the ants problem.
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Well, they make it a necessity.
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The ability to find a silver lining I have found to be very neccesary as I have a feeling you have done as well. Always so nice to see your name pop up…I have cut way back on blogging but enjoy seeing long term friends appear…
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Cute title and hadn’t considered how leaves end in places without freezing temps before now.
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Actually they end up on the ground..but in fewer numbers throughout the year.
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I imagine draught my take a few leaves in Mexico… they even do it here
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Yes.. although we haven’t had that problem for awhile. Leaves drop off all the time… just no season of fall leaves turning on the entire tree as up north.
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Love this! Clever and entertaining! JIM
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