November was October

October was a shadow today,

after coming in,

I left to November.

I see three: 11/01

double it, flip it, reverse it into

2022.

I think about it now & I am here saying,

‘I am through thinking’

I want to arrive the November way; through October.

passing in a shadow,

growing along the valley

Snow melting, falling on my tongue.

November has yet to snow,

I wait under the notion of another freezing,

falling

quietly in November calling