Thin peach ice cream summer
came swooping north from the south like blue jays.
I inhaled peppered pink burgers,
over loaded with warm, viscid cheese that clustered my nostrils.
Kids dripped onto the pavement;
syrup melting popsicles in the microwaved heat.
I stretched out my arms to both sides,
and let wet, apple red poppy fields tickle loosely against my legs.
Dead beat skies still sparkled blue and silver,
like her eyes when she wept honey, joy filled tears.
I watched my golden mother walk away like evanescence;
a kinetically yellow charged spark that didn't look back.
Not one peppermint, longing glance did ever make its way back...
but she told me she loves me...
