by Michael Dylan Welch
First published in Mariposa #52, Spring/Summer 2025, page 29. Originally written in November of 2024, inspired by seeing a magic eight ball in the teen section of the Broadview Library in Seattle, Washington.
will leaves fall
on mother’s grave?
you can count on it
morning sunbreak?
prospects good
the pumpkin carved
to resemble the president?
looks like yes
apple cider for two?
absolutely
harvest moon
rising on the cornfield?
no doubt about it
sunset hayride?
so it shall be