Last roses

The temperatures have fluctuating a bit lately but, for the most part, they are moving downward away from spring-like warmth to a blustery autumn chill. The trees are shedding leaves, yellow and brown blanketing the lawn, the patio and streets.

And yet, a last reminder of spring hung in defiance, red petals shocking against the flat brown of our flower bed. A red rose and two or three buds, and one pink rose on a second bush.

Evidence, perhaps, of something greater at work.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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