summer breeze...

sweet days of summer...the jasmine's in bloom...and the halloween decorations are out...santa will be schvitzing in aisle 13 before you blink...as labor day weekend bears down...and tropical storms with names we cannot, or do not care to pronounce swirl in the atlantic...there is a sadness underneath...one you almost think you brought on yourself...yeah, someone caught you peeking at the burgundy and other tempting earth-toned sweaters spread in display in 90 degree heat...and smelling pumpkin spice scented candles...yeah, you did that...you cheated on summer...the shortest, sweetest, sweatiest season...so much expectation in such a short time...and poof...although we all know warm air will swirl for several more weeks before that first early-morning-where-is-my-freaking-sweater moment...so, push back...hold on to bare feet and tall drinks...early morning coffee on a porch or terrace or outside table...inhale the bliss of emptying bottles of suntan lotion...walk the beach before sunset...hold it all in...all that heat...to melt the blues of booted feet in cold dirty slush on a faded january afternoon