yonder end

Summer hath a fall

leaves, mercury and all

expanding, expending the spirit

of all those who bear it

in brightness and heat,

wearing wearied feet

that shuffle and rattle,

hum and tattle

with life flowing the brim

with vigor and vim

in long campaigns

across dusty plains

on horses in battle,

men slain like cattle

bright red blood

streams aflood

only to slake
the cracks that take

in swallows in swallows,

a summer hollows

searing, bountiful

scorching, beautiful

remorseless, leaves

behind remorse, leaves.