As Another July Day Dawns

As Another July Day Dawns Stippling . . . The leaves of the trees S p a t t e r i n g …Their Silhouettes filling my window (Barely to be seen while stll so early) The dark dots … of the remains Of the night’s Weeping leaving hymn spreading — with its soft graphite gray blanket background Rippling (as if caught in some Lasting d r e a m Unwilling to reach its e n d i n g …Leaving and so to be sliding aside for this day’s gracing Dawn sun to rise ~ coaxed by the fading background grays Now blushing into neon light gray/white flakes of dawn spattering like a Christmas in July snow with This r i s i n g Tickling my poet’s tongue… (c) sally young eslinger 7/2024