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Texas | Columns | "Once Upon A Line"

SUMMER SHADE

by David Knape

just me
and this coffee cup
on a blistering day
in late June

the coffee hot
the weather hotter

the grass turns yellow
the birds peck at empty puddles

the landscape crisp
as french-fries
stale
as old bread

the age spots
on my skin
the same color
as the coffee

the mind grows lazy
as a cat

curls up
to cool off
in the shade.

© d.knape June 28, 2016
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