Still on the Vine - Nov. 22, 2024

my 1970 high school soccer team photo

lean bodies perky faces hopeful smiles

like newly planted a vibrancy

caged for the spindly race skyward

then a summer of plenty fat with green

and red fruit as limbs grow into the world

a recent reunion photo all of us

way past our producing days

some need bracing to stand

many bend towards the earth

winter is around the corner

most hope for a long fall

with a few warm days

others I can tell

seem ready for it

the first killing frost