The Way Things Go

Too many are going….

Cate

Too many getting off

As the door is closed

Why do they leave

Is it Christmas weather

The way the world is posed

In a window. The tether

Loosens and the weave

Gives way to space

And that is why they go

They can’t get back

Not because I didn’t call

Not because I didn’t know

Or the yellow leaves of fall

It is the deal of the pack

The way things go