Transition 

Autumnal nights leave more wildflower victims

Milkweed drying and ready to disperse

a myriad of parachute-like seeds.

It is the in-between time

when I eye the snowblower

filled with summer cobwebs

with the disdain it

deserves for soon replacing the

fishing boat and outboard motor

it has shared residence with since late spring.

Birdsfoot Trefoil, Butter-and-Eggs, Queen Anne's Lace,

even the recently rampant Tansy

have receeded to apparitions

with only Aster left

standing in defiance.

K. Carter