Dog Days of Summer

August days bring sweltering waves of heat.
Lethargic breezes fail to cool our
sun baked bodies, so we languish,
praying for relief ... perhaps
a refreshing rain ... How
I long for autumn,
but for now the
dog days of 
summer
reign.

8/6/13
A reversed etheree
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Dietrich Avatar
August 9, 2013 at 5:43 PM
I love etheree and have made a whole chapbook of them. You do etheree proud!!!
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