summer is not lonely, but
summer is not lonely
all markets & festivals & fairs
raucous and ripe
the season teems and glares
though
I’d rather
it shrink
me small
enough
to fill the curve of another’s body
for the cup of a hand
for someone to swallow
me whole
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Beautiful, I love the idea of summer’s glare as a more lonely or uncomfortable time
I really like this – the idea and the images work so well with the form .
the longing is so strong in this. well done.
Really comfortable form.
Reads like a lullaby.
Great crafting.
Love “raucous and ripe”—so “summer” but most intriguing is he last stanza…stunning and moves me on many levels