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Matteo Went Ahead
Anthology 2024
Summer clung to its reign this year.
It was the second week of October, and the thermometer showed temperatures of about twenty degrees Celsius. Most of the trees were still green, with the occasional yellow dot.
Daniel and I stood in the wide-open sliding door. The newly renovated porch now had a ramp. Tall maples and harvested berry bushes hid the rusty metal fence to the neighbor’s plot. The sky was turning from blue to pink,
'Into the Past' and someone in my head said 'and Back Again'.
Anyway, for not being a poet this was very poetic. I'm glad you dipped your toe into the poet lake.
Heavy jackets, hats, and scarves weigh down the coat rack, and underneath boots stand in muddy puddles of molten snow. Brr...
Water drips rhythmically down the slicker's sleeve, narrowly avoiding the wellies leaning against the trunk of the lighter coatrack. Hope.
A worn straw hat hangs on the hook by the door and sways with the salty breeze that comes through the open windows bringing the scent of roses, lilac, and sunscreen. Colorful flip-flops lie haphazardly in a pile of sand
Tasty Treats
The menu is extensive here
there's food and forty kinds of beer,
between the pickles and the wings
they often offer other things
to feast and lick on, so I hear.
A rhythmic pulse their puppeteer;
lights flash about the spinning sphere,
the beat reverberates, hips swing,
the menu is extensive here.
Sweat beads, breath hot against an ear,
adventurous nips, bodies rear
when wet tongues sample salty drinks
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