# October the Beautiful

Author: Nenekiri
Tags: Climate Change, Freeform, October, Poetry, Spotted lanternfly, fall, seasons

Wrote this after a very lovely weekend trip to visit some friends of mine. I couldn't shake just how nice it was outside even though it's October.

October the Beautiful

The green is staying longer

The leaves refuse to turn 

The bite of chilly mornings 

Hardly but a nibble

The lanternflies like locusts

Descend upon the deck

I've smashed at least a hundred

Wrung out their rosy necks

But don't you love it?

I thought you hated cold? 

Isn't it nice to walk in sun?

With no worries at all?

No leaves to claw at ankles

To pull you into Winter

No cozy clothes to soothe you

For Nature's nearing slumber

Soon October will be June

And January will be August

And June will kill 'bout half

So please come on outside!

While we all still can

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/YnLBV2Ye
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