Splinter
It didn’t happen today,
but a few days ago.
Surely you noticed.
I know that you know.
The start. The first
evidence of the thirst
the new,
a true beginner.
Everything’s not down
though we now have the browns,
along with the edge of the splinter.
Of all that was Fall
we now hear the call,
the sharp carp,
the crisp harp of Winter.
2019