Farewell Party Options

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Farewell Party

Over with the love affairs,
stunt the youngsters' growth;
summer is no more.
Gone is the reckless exuberance
that drove bees out in droves
and eave-hanging hornets
delivering this year’s paper homes.

It’s a time of rest, decision
and preparation
as things slow and still
and the earth settles into
whispering contemplation,
should the long days stay or go?

But time of slumber is not yet,
a chance for one last hurrah
with pumpkin-stashed party clothes,
to be shredded and flailed
as north wind’s angry confetti
in a whirl, one last illustriousness
before they, like we,
from higher expectations -
fall.