Fall Manifesto 2012

I will replace small with big
fear with freedom
and alienation with asking.

My Fall will be kite-flying, frisbee-throwing and epsom-salt-soaking.

I wilI throw my windows wide and breathe belly deep.

I will be wind-whipped and happy.

There will be oatmeal on the porch

and coffee in mugs.

There will be baskets of hedge apples

and stacks of preserved leaves.

I will be unabashed in this life of mine.

I will be quick to laugh, quick to praise and quick to make merry.

I will be wild-haired and wild-hearted

because I know that cricket symphony is for me.

-KD