Summer Dozing
Caffeine drugs me to sleep, tea-drunk, I lie
in muggy shade, tearing into a fantasy peace.
Garden around me, I am burrowed in, overcome
by air, sunset’s new blood, sinking sweat-slick, thoughtless.
I steep, become bitter when boiled in heat. Rise ravenous,
bug-bait, to eviscerate four ripe plums over the sink.
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so beautiful and melodic, as if it’s begging to be read aloud. almost has a stream-of-consciousness effect to it, balanced with such technical acumen. I really admire your work!
amazing how you capture a specific physical state