A Day Late and a Syllable Short

There's nothing "just" about August
--not in Southern AZ.
Monsoon busts--no more dust.
Desert turns into a sea of green.
Happy hour's afternoon showers.
Bare ocotillo grow waxy leaves.
Canyon walls sprout water falls
Arroyos flow like mountain springs
There's nothing "just"about August
--not in Southern AZ.
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August 10, 2022 at 12:05 PM
the title is enough to merit the POTD selection.....nicely done, a nice bit of word play ensconced in a desert of word play
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