My Crepe Myrtle Resists Autumn

Sun, moon, calendar
declare summer’s end.
But our fuchsia
crepe myrtle refuses to succumb
to these decrees.
Her lush tiny blossom
still rise up from green leaves
punctuate blue skies.
Heat will likely persist
until November
bolstering myrtle’s
claim that summer is not over.
Yesterday morning, however,
I ventured out
to pull a weed or two
and noticed, in the depths
of myrtle’s lower branches,
one of her green leaves
had surrendered, its green
now autumnal yellow-red.
Still, her other parts resist
I dare not laugh
at myrtle’s efforts to
stave off autumn’s
inevitability since I often
stand before my mirror
with various creams,
attempting to delay
my own autumnal changes.

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