The First Fall

The First Fall.

Sing songs

and it's always spring.

shifting warm and cool

and nothing dies.

years go by

lilting around the sun.

The dance of morning

knows no mourning.

The mudpuppies grow.

Learn to stand

and to bend.

to dance and to

sing songs

and it's always spring.

shifting warm and cool

and nothing dies.

The dragon slithers

and hums cold.

wretched by music

he fell and couldn't

sing songs

and it's always spring.

shifting warm and cool

and nothing dies.

Inside the spring green

the serpent stutters.

he listens to mudpuppies

sing songs

and it's always spring.

shifting warm and cool

and nothing dies.

yet something died.

The mudpuppies weep.

fell fruit felled songs

scream sings

and springs are broken.

shifting hot and cold

and everything dies.

all green goes brown

and falls.

Dedicated to Jennie Crigler for the subject suggestion, "The Season of Fall."