⋄┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈◎ᐛ◎┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈⋄ SSC Blow Us Away Challenge is now finished (it ran Sep 7-Oct 2, 2026). ⋄┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈◎∘◎┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈⋄ The apples lie rotten, forgotten The nighthawks flew south, Orion is back Tomatoes are picked, bare vines in the garden Be gentle, September, summer's starting to pack The bats in the loft have gone still for the season The garden's all stalks and the stalks have gone brown I'm canning the fruit for no earthly reason Watch your head, it is fall, and leaves are falling down Go on then, summer, go on and get out The fall nights are worth staying up for You were long, and I loved you, that's not what it's about Porch light's shining bright, and the moths haven't gone So long, so long to the green The gold is a good enough thing (So long, so long to the green) (The gold is a good enough thing) (The gold is a good enough thing) One cricket keeps going, absurdly insisting The late bees are working the last bit of comb I've been around and I've long stopped resisting Be gentle, September, be gentle, I'm home There is one thing I wanted to keep from the summer: Bare feet in the yard with the grass wet from rain I stepped off the porch but the cold made me shiver Went back for my shoes, then came out again Be gentle, September Be gentle, be gentle So long, so long, I say to the green The gold is a good enough thing The gold is a good enough thing So long, so long, I say to the green
