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August Breath

AUGUST BREATH The summer crowd What was one with the sky Sense the change Each They hang Each Each one The lawyers The law It is the law Cruel but eternal The lawyers must come

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Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 5/20/2011 5:11:00 PM

Charmed by the title, Daver...but if it's a gusty "BREATH", I think I got lost in a mind blast. I keep rereading this, and though I'm sure it has a relevant significance...I'm still clueless.:( Best wishes...Love, Mikki

James Marshall Goff

Date: 8/11/2010 4:39:00 AM

very cool....Daver, I think August is the most mysterious month, with brain-swirling heat, all life stretched to their fullest....am goin camping w/my Daughters next week @ split-rock-lighthouse state park in minnesota, hope to write about august in the forest....your friend, jimbo

Wilma Neels

Date: 8/10/2010 10:01:00 AM

Thought provoking write that keeps me guessing Dave, hope you are having a great day, Love Wilma

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 8/9/2010 6:37:00 PM

I am in the pond right now sinking in mud...

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 8/9/2010 5:16:00 PM

Better hide, Daver, there's a lawyer on his way to your house now... (leave him hanging on this frightening note; better yet, hang all the lawyers) This is the time of year when all the political candidates are smearing each other in their campaign ads. I think I'd rather spend time with a lawyer than a politician. Very interesting write, my friend. Love, Carolyn

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/9/2010 4:26:00 PM

So you were once a hot virgin bull? hahaha. Daver, this one is very different. email me what you are thinking with this poem. LUv, Andrea

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/9/2010 8:23:00 AM

Interesting thoughts in this one...I can just see maybe birds that nest in one place for the summer but migrate for the winter elsewhere..It would be nice if everyone had God's eternal law in their heart to guide them to do what is right...Sara