leaf me in heber

friday night i escaped my homework, job, dating, and all other forms of stress,

and rosie, my darling darling sister, and i drove up to heber to be with my cousins.

we ate grapes and cheese ball on crackers and hummus on pita

so warm in our truck,

so dark in the canyon.

we played games all night and laughed and laughed

and in the morning we made german pancakes and butter-caramel syrup

and raked raymon's whole lawn so we could jump in the piles and have leaf fights.

and death in the leaves.