AUTUMN RHYTHM

A family full of men,
strong—

Hunters,
animals of all kinds,

life with boots trapped
in water. 

A wife and daughter
left to tend to a
father’s broken

body;

A child, exuding
autumn yellow—

October, a time for
weddings with apples

and a careful arrangement
of bones, dusted as if
they belong to someone
much older;

I, the daughter—

Autumn—

There will only ever be one. 


About Kristin LaFollette:
Kristin LaFollette received her BA and MA in English and creative writing from Indiana University. Her poems have been featured in or are forthcoming from Crack the Spine Magazine, Dead Flowers: A Poetry Rag, 2River View, FIVE2ONE Magazine, and LEVELER Poetry Mag, among others.  She lives with her husband in northwestern Ohio.

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