Sue Neufarth Howard
HARVEST LEAVES
 
Butterscotch-candy gold
cinnamon-tart red
orange marmelade
redgrape wine
lemonlime
 
woodsmoke-scented
ambrosia
milli-seconds of
rapture
rich
as cherry cheescake
 
relished anew
once, table cleared,
their bones
rustle
like onion skins.