september arrived
with cooler temperatures
and a blanket of rain
to soothe the sun
cracked dominion
where wishes waste
away into fine grit
sandblasting happiness
into dour grimaces

i don’t know what
to do with myself
a weeklong sabbatical
to prepare mentally
for a weekend in
knoxville surrounded
by some of my closest
friends feels like
having every nerve
exposed as the sand
whips into a frenzy
of sodden miseries

the rain falls in
a chaos of whimsical
little disasters
rearing their ugly
heads to prepare for
a wintery discontent