Written in Sept, Posted Today 11/8/21

The Oncoming

After ten days gone,
great condo communities 
of toadstools have sprung to life, 
the conditions just so 
for their quick development 
on the rich detritus
of plentiful deadwood --
when ten days 
can feel like overnight. 
But the slant of the sun
advises otherwise -- 
the light advancing, 
seeming to consume itself, 
but not before blessings 
of apples and toadstools 
spend it into winter's rest.