not-quite-autumn rain/

©2021 Michael Raven

this rainy, not-quite-autumn day
evokes the urge to 
drive

anywhere, with asphalt-wet-whisper
flowing from the tires to
ears

to find some forgotten-highway-byway
left behind in that rush to
rush

just to drive to the twist-wend-sway
of trees garments prepping to
shed

them oak trees
they greet me waving
in the wind