November Exits
Oak leaves falling like red and brown snow
Dividing a Texas fall into several sections
From objects to statements, oh here we go
Dividing the crowd by their level of intentions
Someone’s trying to filter clean and easy and free
Someone’s trying to round the Cape of Good Choice
Someone’s trying to respond to the wrong thing to be
Together they make one large and jaded voice
It’s time to take a stroll down Film Clip Row now
It’s time to show the evidential face
It’s time to take a stand and skip directly to the source
It’s time to decide who to keep and who to replace
Send the carrier back to his station
The general store has reopened once again
Pass on the offer, but with a considerate reaction
Go shopping for messages, or marching for men
November exits short of breath but with some glory
The North Winds walk and talk and they tell a different story
They say the girl will soon be carried
The brown will come around
They say that immigrants will refuse to be ferried
And Italians will abandon their town
All across the fire-flied lawns of Texas
You can just see the colors when the red raintrees fall
It’s their legendary season
It’s physical, but it’s still a rational stall
November exits short of breath and in a hurry
Wearing a grim expression filled with mission
Wearing the mask of a merchant selling inevitability
Missing sincerity more than her
Oak leaves falling through the middle of the night
Now look who’s calling the riddle right
December draws a long, deep breath
November exits
Oak leaves falling like rusty brown parachutes
Falling like days in a year
November, it’s good to see you again
To be able, alive, and here
Fredy Argir
Austin, Texas
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