Autumnal Equinox and Hobbit Day

It is the first day of autumn
and the wind is blowing
15 to 25 mph.

No birds fly past my window,
the neighbors' dogs are silent,
the neighbors' cats are indoors
no one is walking
or driving down my street.

It is the autumnal equinox,
it is Hobbit Day,
my inner child wants
to go to the park today
and walk barefoot through the grass,
but my outer adult
wants to see a movie
about Hobbits.