11/1/12 this early now momentous and young sun like a bold answer to a rumor the frost has been spreading overnight on the road leading away from my house a clatter of metal tool on metal object and two or three words the workers share overhead and off away a crow's single syllable a jay's disturbance the cackle of a few starlings unseen a jet leaving for somewhere lets out a roar and I cup my hand around my ear to follow it