early september days
Tall trees bend and bark.
Cluster bombs lay low a sky lark
Natural love don’t get enough slack.
Ace-less deck looking for a Natural, Blackjack.
California-yellow house painted green.
Cluster bomb's screams disdain serene.
Early September days,
I could spend my whole life with you.
Whiling away pleasant hours
Against a sky painted September blue.
The hot breath of the air
Doesn’t feel like summer’s.
Evening’s coolness pushes me to
Wiggle my toes under sleepy time’s covers.
Early morning smell in the air
That summer just can’t match
Floods my blood just as soon
As I undo my front door latch.
My footsteps on a country path
Bring me closer to the difference
Of late August’s slippery slope
And early September’s resistance.
You can carpet bomb all you want.
You only think you’re calling the shots.
Life is hanging on.
Early September remains the commandant.