Mr. Fall-wind

The day was mellow yellow, then suddenly the wind took the afternoon in its teeth and shook it like a mad dog!

  

He drops puddles in the driveway

He rips petals from the trees

...chases leaves across the garden

Rakes the air with stormy seas

He pulls the sun from its garden

Like a flower stripped of bloom

Without asking please or pardon

He becomes a giant broom

He tosses Falls leaf-tresses

Tousles every tinted peak

Rough-houses Her poise with kisses

Against his unshaven cheek

Then he tires of his riot

Or is it a bit of guilt?

 Suddenly the earth is quiet

Tucked beneath a leaf-spun quilt

Janet~

That's the way fall is, a see-saw of rain and sun. 

After a hefty thunderstorm the wind scuttled away

and the sun is shining

but the temps dropped!!