Tag: summer
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Fading Summer
I’m remembering railroad tracks skirting the Hudson, a bridge crossing leading down to the river. We stand there in the summer dusk, watching the sleek streamliners pass under. Shades of gray and blue and white lightning stripes. They slip past quickly, silently, bringing up the markers for the end of an era. We’ll not see…
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Girl On A Bike
A blazing hot day on a treeless city street The sky so bright it hurts your eyes Heat bakes off the pavement Broiling the air Midwestern summer . A couple walking their dog Laconic, saving their energy . There is no traffic You can hear the quiet . Then a buzz saw sound Carbon wheels…
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Summer Girls
You always fall for summer girls With their white shorts and summer tans Hair straight and long or cascading curls Your eyes would meet, you’d make your plans There’s something different in her way Sharp tongued and full of spice Let’s hang around she’d always say She needn’t say it twice Some other guy would…