"Time Change

  Autumn never came too soon for her. She
loved the swirl of colors in the late afternoon as she sipped
tea and looked out the picture window. Across the way she
observed a boy plodding along the sidewalk.

  As the youngster headed home, his backpack heavy
with books, he wondered why summer ended so early."

--Melanie D. Pruit (a "Fifty Five Fiction")