Closing Shop
it wasn’t a good feeling
to be present in the middle
of something that they were
finished with well before
too tired and done
with whatever had started
out there in the dark
and with whatever I had
breaking in me
so I did the best thing
turned the sign back around
closed the door
and turned off the lights
cause there’s not enough energy
for the weakness
the summer began
and ended
in a single day