Saturday, July 15, 2023

How We Spent Summer Vacation


Sweat drops into the gears of the machine

clogs and gums up the timing.

Locust clouds on the horizon,

Dim the light of the heart of the summer.

Sky, a blank space peppered with smog-fine point accents of haze.

Humidity cloying-

Chafing against a skin refusing to dry.


A rigid attachment to feeling

Good.

Those Wild-Wild-Wildwood days.


The stable has burst open.

Each horse on display

Riding proudly out into

The sweltering world.

Replete with those 4 riders

Dressed in heavy, body-consuming cloaks 

to stick a thumb in the eyes of those prepared for the weather.


Behind them, a parade forms;

Even an ending deserves a celebration.

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