Getting Into August

Sheila Dugan
Posted 8/21/12

July 27th

the Universe’s longest day

I feel it

will this day never end I asked myself

Uranus

I reply

July 28th the usual drone

languidly sits on the

usual bench …

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Getting Into August

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July 27th

the Universe’s longest day

I feel it

will this day never end I asked myself

Uranus

I reply

July 28th the usual drone

languidly sits on the

usual bench

the arresting officer

answers dispassionately

the cross-examination

were his pants down

no says the cop

was his zipper undone

don’t know says the cop

was the ground wet

nope says the cop

did you see him urinating

nope says the cop

then I move to dismiss

guilty says

the usual drone

beyond a reasonable doubt

July 29th

I visit Peltier in a room

in prison

he sleeps on the floor in his cell

to keep cool

in the hole

July 30th I write

passionately about

my garden

July 31st I pull up potatoes

a dozen or so for dinner

with guests

my lumpy knees

covered with garden dirt

look like potatoes

Tomorrow will be August

we still have half a summer left

today I will swim in the river

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