summers
come suddenly
upon
a weary afternoon
i wasn't aware
splashes
of a tired sun
upon
metal
running
along the roads
in a
distant, muted
unending
roar
so
why are you walking alone now
steadily
across the silent parks
crushing
under your feet
the
remnants of last fall
And children,
with their parents
from a
faraway place, neat in their coats
visiting
the city for a day
is it
summer already
that
the tourists are coming
so
the setting sun paints gold on the bricks
& window panes of a distant building.
this must
be the west for the sun sets in the west.
Places &
images are memories
lost in
time.
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