Crab apple year

Last year
Was not
A crab apple year
The animals have hope
For this year.
The petals
Have begun
To fall
They blow off
The tree
In the breeze
After all
Crab apples
Are one of the reasons
We stayed in this house.
Everyone
Eats crab apples:
Squirrels
Foxes
Coyotes
Probably skunks
And possums too.
Our backyard
Offers a feast
Of crab apples
In late summer
Early fall
Every one
It seems
Eats crab apples.
We stayed here
To watch.