By Katherine Baker
Forming, swarming, blackened sculptures,
overhead, intrusive vultures,
bulging with imminent rupture.
Silhouettes merging, diverging,
back and forth in silent surging,
responding to nature's urging.
Branches shiver, quiver, wither,
in a rush, the shadows slither,
leaves afloat abandoned river.
Shading, fading, graying 'til none,
passing restlessly from the sun,
the chilling whispers - summer's done.