Cotton

Cotton dying

 and dead deer 

on the side of the road 

people talking 

on my radio

Winters stubble 

is coming 

Pecan leaves and Pineneedles 

collect under the trees 

This is autumn 

Vultures and hawks

splayed out 

across the road 

victims of the come-on 

Of an easy meal

but that’s all the time

Tumble down buildings 

and modern neo plantations 

shoulder up side-by-side 

along the road

I keep driving 

until I fall victim 

of some easy come-on 

one too many open roads