put your leaves into big plastic bags for pick up

the condo

board

sends out a warning, to not to rake

your leaves

into the woods

where they originated from.

the forest

of tall trees

that border the community.

under strict penalty

do not

put them back into the woods

the notice

reads.

anyone caught putting leaves

back into

the woods

will be severely fined and taken

out to the stocks

where they

will be publicly humiliated,

then dunked

into the pond

like how the witches were

done

back in Salem.