fall

Time to turn off the fan.
Time to drain the swamp coolers
and snug them into their covers.
Time to close all the windows.
Desert summer has ended--
I survived it.
Time to burn blue candles.
Time to walk any hour of day.
Time to sit in the courtyard.
Desert summer has ended--
glory be to fall.
Grackles and mocking birds visit.
The streets flood with rainwater.
We can go to the mountains
before snows close the roads.
Desert summer has ended.