Late Summer, Long Distance
The hour early on the lawn
the heat not yet a shrill saw sound
and the day not shaped into a Saturday plan
against a burning, climbing sun.
Then shards of ice in a shaded room
and a voice of red flowers blooming --
screams that stitch into late afternoon
and all night sprinklers bead the lawn.
Copyright © Douglas Lawder | Year Posted 2008
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