especially ever since
you cried and I don’t know why
and suddenly a rainbow
appeared and we toasted
to everything unexpected
I cried and I don’t know why
things happen like they do
finding myself accidentally alone
tossing a salad and tearing
cold chicken with my hands
the rain barrel’s been near empty
for half a summer now
and I’m beginning to wonder
if autumn will ever arrive
before winter settles in
august two thousand fifteen
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