ode to autumn

illegible handwriting, coffee rings on notebooks, putting gloves on only to take them off again, sixteen candles (1984), walking outside when it’s not raining enough for an umbrella but just enough to fog up your glasses, sound of crows in the distance, leaves that aren’t quite crunchy, deadlines, pen smudges, leaving work early only to find out its dark outside, church bells, cinnamon, cold noses, swaying trees, full moons, cuffed sleeves, silence...