It's funny, they fall like leaves, all at once
and don't scatter as far or wide as you'd think
but lie huddled in curls like fallen fruit.

Though I really like using the backs of proofs and first drafts
I might have to resort to a stronger paper if I am to keep this up and fluttering.

Today's new phrases
are from Eric Satie

Continue without losing consciousness
Get soaked
Have a drink
Look closely, that is all
On the tip of your mind
With inane and appropriate naivity

and me

Soggy yet aloft
Bedraggled but not unhopeful
Bone chillingly