November 2014 Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge: Day 13

Let’s treat ourselves to sunshine, let us splurge

On childhood memories of sandaled feet

And poplar snow. Let’s satisfy this urge

For carefree innocence, the bittersweet

Taste of the topped with clover flowers noon,

Let’s savor summer, for the Harvest Moon

Is on its way. For now let’s wear short sleeves

And pin our hearts onto them, let us stay

Here, on this grass, beneath the whispering leaves,

And sip this honeyed, hot brew of a day.

We are invited, since you have inquired,

Youth’s optional, but happy smiles required.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (a.k.a. "Happy")

prompted by Poetic Asides

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