the smokey memories of Summer fan on high, combatting heat waves hair glued to the forehead from sweaty laughter on the phone for one, two, three many hours always laughing
but now the sticky fire is gone noses are runny and temples are cold dry knuckles chafe against a keyboard wanting to smell the same laundry detergent from a Summer back in time drying eyes redden as rivers flow into the scorching season a wet upper lip trembles at time lost hours on the phone, or lying in bed alone? always trembling