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Disasters, Delights and Other Detours - 95. Short Essays on Summer Vacation
North-northeast
I sped into the dawn,
through sleepy towns and just-woke meadows,
challenging the hours to pass quicker than the miles
could silence signal and cast off care,
while the rocks and trees change
their clothing.
Melville sailed
with me before the wind,
faster than any clipper he knew,
passing through a school of hulking Winnebagoes,
tacking to port past eighteen wheelers,
sharing the long grey seas
of the road.
Porcupines
stripped the young maples,
baring their skeletons to the skies;
their white branches claw at the towering thunderheads
begging for merciful lightning bolts
to bring an end to their
misery.
The red eft,
halfway across the road,
pauses in its hazardous journey
to wonder why it must wear its gaudy costume,
so garish for such a shy creature,
but fit for a roadside
flower fest.
I walked home
beneath a comma moon,
its silver curve separating the sky
into ethereal subordinate clauses,
punctuated by stars and comets
singing celestial
poetry.
If you'd like to share your thoughts on these, or post your own miniature essay on summer, this would be an excellent place to do it. Unlike your grade school teachers, I will enjoy reading anything you might have to say.
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