I could go crazy on a night like tonight
When summer's beginning to give up her fight
September is both an end and a beginning
While others see a descent into winter,
I have always embraced the return to school,
a reunion with school friends and routines
Evenings with you now require sweaters
sidewalks filled with leaves and leftovers from careless bookbags
our walks after dinner are now at dusk
The street with rows of houses with dimly lit kitchen lights,
old streetlamps, blink on haltingly but not in unison
not yet adjusted to shorter days
I lean into you as we get close to home
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