Sunday, October 1, 2023

Welcome, October

October, baptize me with leaves!
Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup.
October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets
and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins.
O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!

            Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

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