July - August
Day long with light
heavy with heat
sounds of laughter
shaved ice blocks
children’s eyes bright
their colored treat
lawns decorated with bodies
some moving
some not
some turn slowly
as a burger on the grill
sizzling hot
oppressive flushed face
shade a premium
beating the heat
wearing brightest lightest clothes
becoming summer’s damp
embrace
until
the nights draw in
summer will conspire
holding us in its fire
resigned we
will try not to let it win.
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peter radley
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