One Summer’s Night

Shel Silverstein from http://www.bustle.com

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One summer’s night
when I was twelve
or fourteen or more
I lay in bed uncovered
a window fan blowing
hot, steaming summer
air across my steaming
self.

Remembering winter’s
uncivilized arctic blast
did not bring consolation
but a resolve of two far
off but necessary lifestyle
changes:

Move south.
Have air conditioning.

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dVerse – Poets Pub
Tuesday Poetics: Summer Starter
In honor of the Solstice, we have been challenged to write a Summer poem.
We are to use another writer’s poem – a word, a line – as an igniter (my word)
to get us going, poetically speaking.  Come join us!  Bring picnic food to pass.
https://dversepoets.com/2016/06/21/tuesday-poetics-summer-starter/

http://www.bustle.com/articles/40773-11-of-shel-silversteins-most-weird-and-wonderful-poems