another_idyll_as_summer_ends
birdmad
The
calendar
says
summer
is
over
by
a
week
...the
sun
is
not
quite
ready
to
agree
glaring
down
,
like
a
combination
of
a
fever
and
that
feeling
of
being
watched
but
even
then
the
breeze
shifts,
cool
across
the
back
of
my
neck
,
sending
down
a
slight
chill
,
like
the
combined
low
-cycle
buzz
and
cold
metal
of
a
barber's shears
overlapping
sounds
:
the
rumble
and
blare
of
the
freight
trains
a
mile
or
so
away
the
rattle
of
diesel
engines
and
the
rush
of
traffic
,
the
faint
,
but
still
audible
whisper
of
the
afternoon
breeze
watching
the
hummingbird
light
on
the
little
purple
flowers
flit
flit
flit
the
one
other
constant
in
this
portion
of
universe
which
i
occupy
besides
change
is
the
smoke
of
my
cigarette
bouncing
off
of
heaven
like
a
prayer
not
sent
with
suficcient
postage
daydream
.
drift
.
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