and its funny how
: one s u m m e r can change everything.
: i t must be something about the h e a t
: and the smell of chlorine, fresh-cut grass
: a n d honeysuckle, asphault sizzling after
: late day thunderstorms, the steam rising
: while e v e r y t h i n g drips around it.
: something about l o n g , lazy days and
: and w h i r r i n g air conditioners and
: b r i g h t plastic flip flops from the
: drugstore thwacking down t h e street.
: something a b o u t fall being so close ,
: another year, another summer, stirring
: up like the storms that crest at the end
: of each day, blowing out all the heat
: and dirt to l e a v e behind everything
: gasping and cool. everyone can reach
: back to that one s u m m e r and lay a
: finger to it, finding the e x a c t point
: where e v e r y t h i n g changed.
: that s u m m e r was mine.
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[that summer]
sarah dessen