October Burns

[RiverNotch]

Sunlight shines through bare branches
and cuts eastward on narrow city streets, then Perhaps too many conjunctions. "shines through bare branches, / cuts eastward through the alleyways, and / sets on the broad boulevard." Then change "and" in line five to "then".
sets on the broad suburban boulevard. I've never experienced autumn, so I do wonder if this "blinding glare" thing is really so blinding.

He found a fiery death while driving
into the blinding glare and suddenly
crashing into a tree.
Cold autumn winds fan the flames.

In the ambulance: his body,
burned like a cigarette butt,
his head, cracked like an egg. Remove commas after "body", "head".

We scatter ashes on the dirt,
plant a new tree,
and October burns. 

Rather go with "October Burns" for the title. "Like ___" sounds sorta gimmicky, especially opposed to the poem. Overall, quite lovely.