Signs of Fall

Football games on TV. Stressing about the first day of class. My mom's birthday. "The ALL NEW Pumpkin Smoothie" advertisement at Jamba Juice. Memories of getting lost in a maze of corn. Postseason baseball. The sudden realization that the leaves changed color. The sudden realization that the leaves needed to be raked up. Shorter days. Stony nights. A breath of air that smells like picked apples. Apples that came from a tree now leafless.