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      October 10, 2017Nothing Is Real in OctoberCarol B. DeCanio

      The weather itself
      undecided
      warm, full
      but on the way out
      By now all school
      resolutions
      in tarnish
      why study for the test
      when I can open the book
      tomorrow
      even new clothes
      in the closet
      beginning to slouch
      en masse
      Everyone in the halls
      becoming a pair
      now who’s left
      for the dance
      nothing goes on in October
      even candy comes in
      at the end
      I’m
      hanging out
      in October
      waiting for November
      to begin

      from #19 - Summer 2003

      Carol B. DeCanio

      “When a bleakness reigns at 2 a.m. and comfort seems all past, or when standing in a landscape of extensive beauty, or when fury rakes at thought inside, it’s the writing of poems that helps me find my way home again.”