Tagged: end of summer

like children, we wrap

like children, we wrap
our fingers tightly around
the end of summer –

may we have the privilege to
worry about nothing else
.
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those end of summer

those end of summer
gardening days, coveting our
neighbor’s ghost peppers
.
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here we are, july

here we are, july
brushing against august, summer
flakes off ambition
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: ambition

t minus one entire

t minus one entire
season to winter,
mom and i are giddy,
fingers sugar-
tipped, mouths
citrusy sweet.
end-of-summer
weather is meant
to be this candied-
orange-peel-sticky
.
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september always

september always
sneaks in, nearly undetected –
only in its un-

discovery do you begin
to suspect its arrival
.
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we are collecting

we are collecting
the best of one another
as if it were the

end of summer already –
eyes and pools sparkling
.
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