evacuation —
a lifetime of memories
with no time to pack

lining up summers
to look down the row of years
and make a few notes

summer hours —
even the crickets
knock off early

sent to the back stoop
with ears of corn for husking —
sisters in summer

little lesbian
studying the other girls
in order to pass

warm day getting warmer —
at last I jump on my bike,
create my own breeze

the monarch and I
checking in on each other
as the day flies by

robins and crickets —
treasuring our common sounds
after time away

read to me again
a story I know by heart —
perennials coming back