Summer Indian

Summer Indian

October spring,
Summer’s aged flight
Of crows and jays
And yet encroaching night.

October fling,
Gilded stratus strands
Of chirping days—
Misanthropic plans.

October thing,
Melancholia unsuperable
Ravenous lust
Unpursuable.

Underscored October,
Halloweeny waste,
Sweet and bitter taste,
Unimportant haste,
Unsing-songy base,
Of unsprung:
October unrequited.