To Brunch
not yet summer –
we ride our two bikes
through the heat
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© Steve Mitchell 2022
not yet summer –
we ride our two bikes
through the heat
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© Steve Mitchell 2022
this heat –
our heads remain
online
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© Steve Mitchell 2021
almost summer –
it’s so hot he makes peace
with his swimsuit
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© Steve Mitchell 2021
this summer heat
already so – wait, what’s that?
it’s spring? . . . oh no
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© Steve Mitchell 2021
day two of spring –
known around these parts
as . . . summer
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© Steve Mitchell 2021
I feel the heat
from the street
in my . . . shoes
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© Steve Mitchell 2020
old car –
he drives home
without AC
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© Steve Mitchell 2020
what color
the
sun
in summer
I don’t
know
a resentful
flower
I turn
my head
to avoid
the heat
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© Steve Mitchell 2019
evening kitchen –
he looks for the pepper he
can’t find the pepper
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© Steve Mitchell 2019