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September Daze Haint Sapphire Away

Already the month of August 2018, May never become a je June'm (Forget-me-not) time of year, especially for nouveau homeless and, penniless residents, (now more like worrier), who reside in the (burnt to a crisp) Golden State where, towering uncontrollable wild fire infernos veer really did tax mental, physical, and spiritual oye vey iz mare (to the bajillion power of Google Plex) their heirlooms, mementos, and trappings of das kapital lifestyle went up in smoke, which tragedy didst seer the eyes (yes, iz traumatic, but also the air) looms with toxic particulate matter, though concerned former propertied owners (now ashen faced) as utter grief doth rear a scorched (bumping) ugly head, yet the onset of Autumn, (and the main purport of this poem) (oh my dog, that twill be in approximately three weeks, when Eastern Orthodox Church denotes beginning of ecclesiastical annum mull house for straight or ***** (these times opening doors to LGBT, or GLBT (an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender), nonetheless history replete with app pear chock full of factoids such as: September (Latin septem, "seven") with near exhaustive steeped in pagan glory of antiquity. Ancient Roman observances for September include: Ludi Romani, originally celebrated September 12 - September 14, later extended to September 5 to September 19. In 1st century BC, an extra day added in honor of deified Julius Caesar on 4 September. Epulum Jovis held: September 13. Ludi Triumphales held: September 18–22. Septimontium celebrated September, and December 11 on later calendars September called "harvest month" in Charlemagne's calendar. September corresponds partly to Fructidor and partly to Vendémiaire of first French republic. On Usenet, September 1993 (Eternal September) never ended. September called Herbstmonat, harvest month, in Switzerland. The Anglo-Saxons called month Gerstmonath, barley month, that crop then usually harvested.

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